A service encounter happens any time that a consumer interacts with a servicing organization. Every Website hit or incoming ad or sign call is a service encounter. When a prospect talks to you, your staff, your company Receptionist, your Closing Coordinator, or your Broker, Owner, Lender, Escrow or Title Attorney, or anyone on your service team, that person is...
There should be a well-defined and developed strategy for each segment of your business. If referrals is an area you currently generate a lot of business from or hope to generate a lot of business from, you must spend the time to create and implement your strategy.Most agents rely too heavily on the mailing strategy: mailers such as calendars,...
Salespeople love referrals. They’re the sincerest form of compliment and a remarkably cost-effective route to new business.The idea of attracting referrals is so popular that sales trainers who bill themselves as referral gurus make fortunes promoting magical systems that supposedly deliver more referrals than an agent can handle, all in return for tuition at a three-day seminar. What they...
Implementing a strategy to upgrade your referrals can really explode your referral business. Most salespeople get the name and contact information and try to get off the phone immediately to call the prospect. That is a significant mistake. Follow these steps to increase the odds of your success.1. You must immediately thank the referral source. Assure them of the...
