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Those must be some huge pockets in your pants or cargo shorts to fit a clip board. But if it is working for you, you do you.
What color shirt?
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Those must be some huge pockets in your pants or cargo shorts to fit a clip board. But if it is working for you, you do you.
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I've never had any trouble fitting a clipboard in my shirt pocket.
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Another thought, and I know you may think this sounds silly, but I kinda want them to know that I am there to sell them something.
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I agree. I don't mind if they know I'm a salesman. I just want them to know I'm a professional, not some shady peddler.
If I'm working from leads, I'm holding the clipboard so they can see what's on the clipboard if they look through the peephole or Ring camera. The logo shirt, along with the clipboard showing their name at the top of a stack of several other "interested" seniors, begins to establish credibility, and also intensifies the curiosity factor.
If I'm cold canvassing, I'm only looking for interested parties. If they're interested enough (or even just curious enough), they'll open the door more often to someone who appears to be a professional.
Besides, in some of my neighborhoods, people often assume I'm a detective. (I cultivate that image to some extent to keep the bad guys lurking nearby from getting any bright ideas.) But if they think it's a detective at the door, it sets up a negative tone at best, or real danger at worst. Better they know I'm the friendly "neighborhood insurance man" from jump!
Used to, in the past, the books said never wear green... Now they are saying it is a preferred color....
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What is wrong with that? They are going to find it out sooner or later. I would say most people think "salesman" when anyone knocks on their door any way. I know when I see a stranger at the door, that is my first thought.
The "problem" of what to wear or what to carry looms much larger in our minds that it does in the minds of the client. I have seen exceptional FE agents that wear a shirt and ties and those that wear a tee shirt and jeans. I have also seen successful agents that carry a briefcase the size of a large suitcase and those that carry nothing but a card in their hand get into houses with ease. And, I have seen those that have the opposite experience. They key is, go with what makes you feel the most conformable and makes you feel good about yourself. Go to the door knowing exactly what you are going to say in advance and then when someone cones to the door, "say it".. Being comfortable your own skin and being prepared with what to say are the biggest confidence builders there are. And, it is confidence, not shirts, shoes or briefcases that will produce sells.
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Used to in the past, the books said never wear green... Now they are saying it is a preferred color....
Gee, I'm 40 years too late. I used to have a green and tan plaid sport coat that I wore regularly with a green shirt and green tie.
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We used to have a local exterminating company called Arrest-A-Pest. Some years ago I was doing some door to door deliveries one afternoon and happened on a house with one of their old vans in the drive and a guy in the front yard. I just commented I had not seen any of their trucks around for awhile and he told me he was the company owner and had had to change the name because his guys were having too many problems being mistaken for policemen.
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"" The "problem" of what to wear or what to carry looms much larger in our minds that it does in the minds of the client. ""
Agree.
Just to clarify - my quest is for my convenience only. Not sales. The logo is going to be small.
I get in 85% of the houses that answer so my methods work for me . So if you want people to know your a salesman why not say " miss smith you filled out this little card to buy some life insurance. Takes 3 mins and I'll be out of your hair quicker than the brush went thru your beautiful hair this am ". On the phone why use "state regulated " bs and tell them the appt's to sell them life. Reason is you'd get few appt's . Gents theirs a lot of ways to skin a cat
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