Be Prepared When the Phone Rings
An extraordinary thing happened to me last Friday. A potential client called for a quote. My business, like many of yours, has been very slow for months and the call caught me off guard. It took me a few minutes to regroup and switch into business mode. My head was racing making sure I asked for all the details I needed to properly prepare the quote while simultaneously selling the value I could bring to the project. Handling those initial client phone calls well is critical to our livelihoods. Help your business by watching “Negotiating Tips for when the Phone Rings” with Blake Discher. (17min, 45sec)
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“You’re motivation to listen” ????
In a professional presentation I would expect a little commitment to *your* basic spelling and grammar. I used to think that grammar-nazis on the web were just annoying pedants, but when the situation gets to the point where otherwise well-educated people able capable of blowing a presentation with something as trivial as this I start to think they have a point.
classic!
“An extraordinary thing happened to me last Friday. A potential client called for a quote.”
Business sure is slow and we are in changing times: pro level cameras are cheap… iphoto is here and easy to use… advertising in print is failing.
We need to think of other avenues for photography now.
Fantastic ! Blake was concise and on the mark with this topic. If you do not want to be a commodity then watch this presentation .
Great tips! Very well explained.