A Telephone Tip...
If I had to guess, I'd venture to say that many of my fellow warriors who use the phone to sell, probably work out of their house ~ like me.
Being since I live where I work, I would rather that prospects & clients DIDN'T have my house number. This is easy enough to accomplish on my stationary and related sales materials, since I simply have one of those el cheapo $5 per month dedicated voicemails. However, what do I do when I dial out you ask?
I ALWAYS make sure to block my number via *67. But, there's a problem with this too. Some prospects won't pick up blocked calls. Here's the solution...
There's a GREAT product called "Spoof Card". Just like a calling card, you can buy assorted amounts of time. They start at $5 for about 20 minutes. I go through at least a couple of these things a month...and they're worth every penny. It allows you to have ANY phone number (aside from emergency services & governmental) to show up on someones caller i.d. Even the name or business associated with the number will show up! Here's some of the uses...
1. I constantly have prospects/clients calling my "office number" (which is my voicemail). Obviously, my only two options are: call them back from my house and block my number, or, call from my house and reveal my home phone! No way. I simply enter my voicemail number as what I'd like to appear on the prospects caller i.d. using Spoof Card, and the recipient thinks I'm calling from where he originally left his message. Neat, huh?!
2. Here's another little goody. How many times have you had people giving you the runaround on a payment, a decision, etc.? They're wise to you and won't pick up the call because they recognize your number. Spoof Card solves that too. Can't tell you how many times I used this tactic
3. This one's sweet. Let's say you have a pain in the ass client you want to avoid, or, you need to stall on finishing something for a customer. Simply call them up using an out of state number like Hawaii, Florida, etc. and tell them you had an emergency trip to make. They'll see the number come up on their caller i.d. and assume you're being legit.
4. I don't know about you guys, but, I've sold all over the country using the phone. Spoof Card is perfect for giving the illusion that you're in the same state, heck ~ even the same TOWN as the prospect!
Check it out for yourself. It truly is like a swiss army knife for my business
Being since I live where I work, I would rather that prospects & clients DIDN'T have my house number. This is easy enough to accomplish on my stationary and related sales materials, since I simply have one of those el cheapo $5 per month dedicated voicemails. However, what do I do when I dial out you ask?
I ALWAYS make sure to block my number via *67. But, there's a problem with this too. Some prospects won't pick up blocked calls. Here's the solution...
There's a GREAT product called "Spoof Card". Just like a calling card, you can buy assorted amounts of time. They start at $5 for about 20 minutes. I go through at least a couple of these things a month...and they're worth every penny. It allows you to have ANY phone number (aside from emergency services & governmental) to show up on someones caller i.d. Even the name or business associated with the number will show up! Here's some of the uses...
1. I constantly have prospects/clients calling my "office number" (which is my voicemail). Obviously, my only two options are: call them back from my house and block my number, or, call from my house and reveal my home phone! No way. I simply enter my voicemail number as what I'd like to appear on the prospects caller i.d. using Spoof Card, and the recipient thinks I'm calling from where he originally left his message. Neat, huh?!
2. Here's another little goody. How many times have you had people giving you the runaround on a payment, a decision, etc.? They're wise to you and won't pick up the call because they recognize your number. Spoof Card solves that too. Can't tell you how many times I used this tactic
3. This one's sweet. Let's say you have a pain in the ass client you want to avoid, or, you need to stall on finishing something for a customer. Simply call them up using an out of state number like Hawaii, Florida, etc. and tell them you had an emergency trip to make. They'll see the number come up on their caller i.d. and assume you're being legit.
4. I don't know about you guys, but, I've sold all over the country using the phone. Spoof Card is perfect for giving the illusion that you're in the same state, heck ~ even the same TOWN as the prospect!
Check it out for yourself. It truly is like a swiss army knife for my business
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