I Want to Ask You These Questions

[jdeasy]

Gimmicks rarely work and they never work for the long haul.

 

[Mark]

Thanks for the input. I was reading about this and wanted to see if you guys thought it would work. It was in this months life insurance selling mag, and I didn't know if it would work or not.

 

[Frank Stastny]

Of course, maybe not everyone is as cynical as me.

Dan

I would be one who is.

 

[arnguy]

My attorney still advises me not to answer those questions, Mark. Sorry!

 

[briko3]

I don't think it's bad to compare salaries. For ex., would you rather take a job that pays 100,000 and you're on your own if you get sick or a job that pays 98,000 that will pay you even if you're sick and can't work for an extended period of time. Which would you take?

 

[arnguy]

I don't think it's bad to compare salaries. For ex., would you rather take a job that pays 100,000 and you're on your own if you get sick or a job that pays 98,000 that will pay you even if you're sick and can't work for an extended period of time. Which would you take?

That's an old one.

 

[briko3]

Maybe, but which would you honestly take. The beauty of it is that no one would seriously take the 1st. It just makes sense.

 

[Frank Stastny]

Maybe, but which would you honestly take. The beauty of it is that no one would seriously take the 1st. It just makes sense.

Maybe and maybe not. Along with "security" comes sacrifice.

If security was what I was looking for I would not have given up an extremely good job, with security, to work on straight commission with no tangible benefits. I went to work in an industry that I had no experience in and didn't have a clue whether or not I was going to be successful.

I guess I'm the one dummy that picked door #1.

 

[Guest]

I think the old school sneaky/trap type of stuff like "If I can save make you money, would you be interested?" may work on some, but not in this era.

It's a thinly veiled insult. I would love to hear a client respond with "No I'm an *** I don't want to save money" so that the sales person can learn a lesson. The only problem is that the client won't ever tell you, they just won't buy from you.

 

[Frank Stastny]

I think the old school sneaky/trap type of stuff like "If I can save make you money, would you be interested?" may work on some, but not in this era.

It's a thinly veiled insult. I would love to hear a client respond with "No I'm an *** I don't want to save money" so that the sales person can learn a lesson. The only problem is that the client won't ever tell you, they just won't buy from you.

A very looooong time ago I tried using that line, "If I can save you money, would you be interested?". Although I never had someone say those exact words to me the essence of what they said was the same.

It didn't take but a few people saying that before I realized what an "insult" to their intelligence it really was. Before I say anything to a prospect I envision someone calling me and asking the question I am thinking of asking them.