Leaving Messages: How Many is Too Many?

[ChefJen2012]

I have been going down a list I got at a vendor show and making my phone calls. My question is, how many messages do you leave before you give up? I'm up to two, but I don't know how long to keep it up. I usually end each message with "I'll call you back on ------ evening, but please feel free to contact me at..." When should I stop calling back and should I say that in a message?

 

[melissa3026]

Are you giving them a reason to call you back? I never leave a detailed message. My message is short and just enough to entice interest. For example, everyone who fills out a drawing slip at my vendor events is a winner. I choose one big winner for the raffle and everyone else wins a free cooking show.

So, when I call back and have to leave a message, I say something like this... "Hi Jane! It's Melissa from the Pampered Chef. We met at the Women's Club Fair this weekend. I'm calling about my raffle prize drawing. Call me back when you have a moment."

I do the same conversation starter if they do get on the phone too!

They may not be happy that they didn't win the "big" prize but it gets them on the phone. And, really (in my opinion) the free cooking show is bigger than any product I'd give away because they can get way more for free!

 

[ChefJen2012]

I've been making calls from a bridal show, so these are the people who didn't come by the booth, just calling from the list. I guess two messages is enough, right? Maybe an email and let it go after that?

 

[DebPC]

Yes- send an email and add them to your email newsletter list and then Bless and Release.

 

[chefjeanine]

I've been making calls from a bridal show, so these are the people who didn't come by the booth, just calling from the list. I guess two messages is enough, right? Maybe an email and let it go after that?

Yes, if you have not had a conversation where they indicated they'd be interested in having a party, two and out is an okay approach. On the other hand, when you have information that a person indicates they'd be interested in party you call until they tell you no. That could be two times or twenty. Keep calling.

 

[byrd1956]

If you know they didn't stop at your booth because you have them in with your entries they know they didn't enter, so what would you say to them?

 

[Bren706]

Here is a a link to a previous thread about Julie Ann Jones system for following up. I wrote down her wording for voicemails and use it often. It is okay to keep calling, in fact, you should. I usually call back a couple days after the first call, and then a week after, and then a few weeks after, and then once a month for a little bit.

 

[Nancynap]

Bren706 - there wasn't a link that you referred to.

 

[Bren706]

Sorry. Since then, when I tried following the link, that video does not come up, but I did find it on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stzepGWj0vo