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Avoid Salesy - Feel Good

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Nothing worse than getting ghosted by your prospect. Feels like we’re just spinning wheels leaving voicemails, emails…etc.

This isn’t any fun!

Instead, there’s a unique voicemail approach that gets a response.

But first we need to understand "the tool" of voicemail (and email)
  1. The goal of a voicemail is to get a response to your email
  2. The goal of email is to get the prospect on the phone
In other words, don’t leave a voicemail to have a prospect call you back. Prospect's don't typically want to do that - even listening to a VM is tedious enough.

Better - leave a voicemail to have them respond to your email.

I call it the 15-second voicemail

It might sound like this…

“Hi Ted – hope things are good are your end. Hey if you could check your email and respond, I’d appreciate it.” Thx, Ted – talk soon.”

Now – what’s in the email?

A free-choice invite to chat, e.g., “Hey Ted, had an idea that might solve for [x]. Worth a chat, or should I get out of your hair?” (see the HAPI email framework)

Give it a go…

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The goal of voicemail is to get a response to your email

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