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Love Those Telephone Solicitors! By Mary Wilkey
Hey, I`m just like you! I absolutely go spastic over
these unwanted, bothersome calls'at least I used to!
Here is how I`ve learned to make lemonade out of these lemons:
It is FUN, so EASY, and you just about have a captive audience,
as they really don`t know where you`re going,
and they will listen to you!
The first one I ever did went like this:
The gal said, `May I speak to Mary Wilkey, please'`
`This is she.`
`This is Darla from Eagle blah-blah-blah . . . `
I cut her off and said, `Hi, how are you today'`
She, of course, said `Just great'how are you'`
`Oh, I`m so glad you asked. No one cares much these
days. To tell you the truth, I`m really having a lot of
problems'my arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes hurt,
and to top it all off, my dog just died!`
She reacted, `Oh, I`m so sorry to hear that!`
`Yes, well'things will get better, I`m sure'what company
did you say you`re with' Could you spell that, please'`
She did, and I asked where the company was located,
and she said Denver and Atlanta. I asked where she was
calling from, she said Atlanta, and I asked if she was from
Atlanta, and she said that she moved there from Indianapolis,
and I said I used to live there, and my daughter still does,
and isn`t it a beautiful city, blah, blah.
Then I asked her how long she`d been surveying people,
and she told me, and I said, `You have such a nice
speaking voice. You`re probably very good at what you
do'you know, I just started with a business that could
use someone like you'do you have any spare time'`
She said, `Actually, no'that she does this only part time
and she has another full time job in advertising/marketing.`
I said, `Perfect!`
As it turned out, she just wouldn`t let me give her any more
info, but isn`t this a beautiful way to turn what could be an
otherwise unwelcome interruption in your busy day into a
potential new member of your marketing force'
It also gives me a new `lease on life` regarding the
former barrage of unsolicited calls I receive daily.
Now I actually look forward to them as opportunities!
There you have it, folks'a tasty, sweet lemonade
from those tart lemons!