How do I alert a prospect that the remaining call time is running is out?

Article ID: 133

Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

You have 2 options:

"In the ____ minutes we have left…"

Or:

Just let them know that the call is going to run longer than planned by _____ minutes and ask if that’s okay.

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You are conducting a Follow-Up Phone Call and the book recipient responds, “Before I agree to schedule the Phone Consultation™, I’d like to read the book first”. I normally tell the person at this point that the purpose of having the 15 minute Phone Consultation™ is to save them the time and trouble of having to read the entire book, that we will get the major concepts of the book out to them quickly so that they can more quickly be freed up to have more time for Meaningful, Important, Significant and Compelling Conversation. However, they almost always say that they want to read the book first. How would you handle this?

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I completed a self-referral with my client, Laura, gave her the book, and scheduled a Phone Consultation with her on March 25th. Here is the note I put on the book with the M.I.S.C I gathered from her. “I appreciated you sharing with me some of your interests in travelling like your upcoming trip in August to Camino Spain. As well as, maintaining a balanced life and enjoying the outdoors going downhill skiing, snowshoeing and mountain biking. I am looking forward to speaking with you on March 25th at 11:30 AM about how some of the concepts in the book can be of value to you in enhancing your quality of life.” She called back to reschedule the Phone Consultation and sent the following email below suggesting to now do the phone consultation with her husband instead as he handles the investments and financial planning. She is thinking she should not be involved as she does not handle the investments and financial planning. What would you say to get her back on track as to the PURPOSE of the phone consultation and her involvement in it as well? Email - Hi there, Thank you for your email. I took a quick look at the book and passed it over to my husband Rodger as he handles our investments and financial planning. He wants to read it. He’s away on business this week and won’t be able to get to it. I’ll let him know the time slots and see if you can set something up with him when he gets back. Kind regards, Laura

I am creating the Self Referral: Phone Call scripts for friends and professional acquaintances. I understand the flow chart handed out in Jan 2011 Academy 2. I have created the openings statement and purpose for call, questions & conversation and make offer text sections. I have a list of contacts and am ready to make phone calls. During A2, we covered Value of the Offer. 4 points were provided. *Free up mental and physical space and time to focus on the things in your life that are more important than money such as Quality of Life Enhancer Exercise. *Get your entire financial house in perfect order and keep it that way forever. *Align your financial choices with your most important goals and most deeply held values. *Have a 10 level of confidence that no matter what happens in the market, economy or world, they will have confidence about achieving their most important goals. I'm confused about how the Value of the Offer points should be incorporated into my scripts. If the contact rejects my offer to receive the Values-Based Financial™ book, Quality of Life Newsletters and a 20 minute phone call, I've scripted “Thank you for your time. I wish you well in experiencing all the things that are most important to you” and end the call. If the contact accepts my offer to receive a book, Quality of Life Newsletters and a 20 minute phone call, I don't understand how to incorporate the Value of the Offer points into the Script.

Occasionally after leaving a message, I receive an email back and/or a voice message back, which basically says, thank you for the book, I already have an advisor. I am assuming we should check with the client who referred them, about how they contacted their friend, (or if they even did), however, how should we respond to the email/voice message? Call back again?

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