Here's a piece on approaching clients with 40 thoughts and/or questions to think about before making the approach - and a cool graphic about being thrown into the "too hard" pile
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Now that you've selected it how the heck to approach em
1. Now That I’ve Selected It, How The
Heck Do I Approach It?
KSHE-95 Sales Meeting Series #4
December 3, 2012
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2. Now That I’ve Selected It, How The
Heck Do I Approach It?
Where Are We as we create adventures instead of book flights?
The DK v. DE -> Is it Knowledge or Execution that is holding me back?
• Earlier
• Find
• Select
• Today
• Approach
• Coming Soon
• Define, Solve, Execute, Renew, Consult, Own, Influence
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3. Now That I’ve Selected It, How The
Heck Do I Approach It?
Find Refresher:
• X-Ray
• Media Monitors
• Business Acumen
• Your Eyes
• Business Press
• Networking
• The Mail and the Interwebs
• More than I’ve listed
Shotgun
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4. Now That I’ve Selected It, How The
Heck Do I Approach It?
Select Refresher:
• Dollars
• Access and Credibility
• Product Fit
• Added Value
• Your Personal Factors
Rifle
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5. Now That I’ve Selected It, How The
Heck Do I Approach It?
The Approach
How Am I Going To Get In Front of Him or Her?
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6. The Quick Set-Up and Soundcheck
Top performers want to be
coached – they want to be
better (financially & more)
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7. 15 Quick Thoughts On The Approach
1 – Why should they return a phone call?
2 – Do you have a personal marketing resume?
3 – Are you more than your title and industry?
4 – Do you have a mechanism for inbound marketing?
5 – Is email really dead?
6 – When can you and when can’t you “crash the gates?”
7 – How can you bring your marketing experience out?
8 – What separates you from the rep next to you?
9 – Am I pitchy or am I a problem solver?
10 – Do I have an elevator pitch for myself?
11 – Do I have an elevator pitch for KSHE?
12 – Do I have an elevator pitch for media?
13 – Do I have a process for the “approach?”
14 – What do I know about the “approachee?”
15 – Can I find a referral?
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8. 13 More Quick Thoughts On The Approach
1 – What am I going to say on the phone call?
2 – How am I going to say it?
3 – What does my internet presence look like?
4 – Would I be viewed as a vendor or a partner for them?
5 – Am I speaking with commission breath?
6 – Am I pitchy dog?
7 – How “down” will I get when I don’t get the phone call returned?
8 – Does my “betrothed” er “selected” know they are a great target
for my media brand or am I just another media pitchy dog?
9 – What “collateral” am I using to tell my story and the KSHE story?
10 – Am I being “distilled” or “Filtered?”
11 – Am I using a VBR?
12 – Do I have an outcome in mind more than “meeting?”
13 – Am I only radio? (Capabilities Brochure)
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9. 12 More Quick Thoughts On The Approach
1 – Does a written letter have power?
2 – What happens after the first contact?
3 – Does the prospect/client understand my expectations?
4 – How do I stack up in a multi-media world?
5 – Am I making it “too hard?”
6 – Am I being “too aggressive?”
7 – Am I putting the “time” in the approach?
8 – If you were the technical or user “buyer”, would you meet with
me?
9 – Do I have a success story to use on the approach that is more than
metrics, yet can be measured by a “buyer”?
10 – If an outside consultant came into the picture, how would my
approach appear to him/her?
11 – A confused mind says “NO” - Did I confuse them?
12 – Am I professionally persistent?
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10. Is “Approach” (and Select for that matter) Being
Dumped Into the Too Hard Basket by the client?
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11. Is “Approach” (and Select for that matter) Being
Dumped Into the Too Hard Basket by me?
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