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You can also alternate your knuckles. The index knuckles don't work as good, but that doubles your knuckle artillery. Sometimes you can use the palm of your hand.
Cold Doors 2020 - Discussion Thread
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I used to but haven't for quite a while. If it is an old lead and I've knocked it three, five, twelve time I am starting to leave the lead card taped to their door with a my business card and a handwritten note saying "I've been trying to get this information to you but I can no keep you on the delivery attempt schedule. If you would still like this information, please call the phone number listed on the attached business card."
I doubt many will call, but @jdeasy does something similar (ok, I stole it from JD) and he says when they do call, they're buyers.
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Did some knocking yesterday (cold af AND raining)
People answered after dark....but they seemed a tad bit grumpy (maybe they wanted to de-stress after work or whatever)
Got my second threat...This lady completely denied requesting the info (even though I had tried to read back the data she put in and explain I had talked to her before [but was unable to set appointment because she said her husband just died and she was still distraught; she actually hung up in my face the first time but called back and apologized and explained why])
She was like the cat lady but with hella dogs, talking through her door, and said "I can't even hear you because the dogs/I can't invite you in cause my dogs will eat you alive"
It's really unfortunate that people (with money) procrastinate to this level. Had she answered the phones, put a policy in place, I probably could have gotten a death benefit for her.
Also interesting is people being like "I never requested any information" despite seeing their handwriting and/or other data on the lead form. Granted these are aged hard leads so the don't remember but to completely flat out deny requesting it....like wtf?!?
People answered after dark....but they seemed a tad bit grumpy (maybe they wanted to de-stress after work or whatever)
Got my second threat...This lady completely denied requesting the info (even though I had tried to read back the data she put in and explain I had talked to her before [but was unable to set appointment because she said her husband just died and she was still distraught; she actually hung up in my face the first time but called back and apologized and explained why])
She was like the cat lady but with hella dogs, talking through her door, and said "I can't even hear you because the dogs/I can't invite you in cause my dogs will eat you alive"
It's really unfortunate that people (with money) procrastinate to this level. Had she answered the phones, put a policy in place, I probably could have gotten a death benefit for her.
Also interesting is people being like "I never requested any information" despite seeing their handwriting and/or other data on the lead form. Granted these are aged hard leads so the don't remember but to completely flat out deny requesting it....like wtf?!?
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Did you not watch the Runge videos? I tried his liners out and they work for getting across the threshold with aged leads and making the lead new again. Tried it out a few times this week and last. I'm really glad @walleye shared those videos here.
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I am absolutely convinced that this is true, though I don't mind working leads as well. What I have been doing is cold knocking door to door on the sunny days, and running leads on the days it is raining. If it ever gets cold this "winter" I will also run leads.
Not much to update, really. I didn't have much actually pay out in January. I am starting have some annuities hit and some life premiums have been paid over the last few days.
I really have come to see how important it is to just ramp up your activity level and conduct massive, massive prospecting now because whereas FE is a game of days and weeks, what I am doing now is a game of months and quarters. Wrote a bit of FE in January, and will write it when it is there to be written. If I'm going to hit my goal for the year, much of it will be paid in the the last two quarters.
On the plus side, given what has already issued and paid for February and the cases I anticipate I should be at mid five figures by leap day, and I've not yet spent a dime on leads this year.
I have scheduled two mailings though - one drops next week and one will drop in March. These are not FE mailers. The total pieces will be close to 3000, all homes near my home and office. I expect I'll get 20 to 30 cards back, but I also will own the list for the year, and that will become my targeted door knock list for the foreseeable future.
Which of his cd sets do you have?
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