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Cold-Calling Scripts and Techniques 
 
by Brian Thompson September 27, 2005

Daily Goals

Everyday, you should have a goal for the number of phone contacts, appointments set, clients seen, follow-ups, and, more importantly, SALES. Following these mundane steps each and every day may seem like a waste of time. However, if you follow and track your performance, you will soon know how much work you must do to make a sale. Even more, you will almost be able to predict when the sale is coming.

Each day, you should be able to log the following actions. Beside each action (if applicable) is the minimum daily Performance.

Phone Contacts (you get a “yes” or “no” response) 10

Follow-up (returning a call to a prospect) 5

Number of Messages Left N/A

Appointments Set 5

Appointments Kept 2

Sales Made 1

Remember the formula: 10 contacts = 5 appointments = 2 kept appointments = 1 SALE

Scripts

Listed below are basic scripts to use when cold-calling a potential client and when calling on a referral that you have been given. In addition, below the scripts are responses that you can use when potential clients give you objections to making an appointment.

Referral Script

Hello, (name of client), I’m (your name) with name of company. The reason I am calling is that (name of referral) met with me and said that you might be interested in our services. I wanted to call to set-up an appointment so that we can review (product, service, etc). How about (appointment time)?

Basic Script

Hello, (name of client), I’m (your name) with name of company. We have helped hundreds people with (problem). The reason that I am calling is to schedule a time when we can meet to discuss our product. How about (appointment time)?

Overcoming Objections

No thanks, I’m happy with what I have.

It’s great that you have (current service). Many of our clients started out with (current service) and were able to expand by working with us. How about (appointment time)?

I’m not interested.

Well (name of person), a lot of people had the same reaction before they had a chance to see how we could help them. We should get together. How about (appointment time)?

I’m too busy.

(Name of person) the only reason I am calling is to schedule an appointment. How about (appointment time)?

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