Has this ever happened to you?  You have a hot new prospect that you need to schedule an introductory call with, so you send an email:

  1. Hi Polly Prospect, let’s schedule a call to discuss your interest in starting a Direct Sales Business, when is good for you?”
  2. Polly Prospect emails back “Hi Debbie Director, I’d love to schedule a call I’m available Tuesday at noon”
  3. You email back “Sorry Polly I have a meeting Tuesday at noon, how about earlier at 9am?”
  4. Polly emails back “I’m volunteering at my child’s classroom at 9am, how about Friday at 4pm?”
  5. Your response “I have an event at 4pm, how about Monday at 11am?”

That’s FIVE emails and you have not even scheduled a call yet!  Now a few things could happen next, Polly may get tired of this back and forth and not respond right away, and you end up having to work even harder to re-engage her in the conversation.  You may go back and forth with five more emails before you schedule a time that works, and all during this time what is happening…Your prospect is getting “cold” and she’s beginning to think that maybe this is too much “work”…

Stop the madness!

There is an easier way, and it’s a concept I introduced recently when I shared a blog post about how the online scheduling service Tungle was going away.  As a result of that post many of you have asked me “what is an online scheduling service and how can I use it in my business?” well to put it simply you can use it to stop the above scenario from happening.

Let’s take another look at that conversation using an online scheduling service:

  1. “Hi Polly Prospect, let’s schedule a call to discuss your interest in starting a Direct Sales Business, here is a link to my schedule, please select a time that works best with your schedule for us to talk”
  2. Polly then goes to the link to your schedule, selects 3-5 times that are open on your schedule and available in her schedule
  3. You receive a notice that Polly has selected some times to meet, you review them and pick the one that best fits your schedule
  4. The meeting is scheduled, both you and Polly receive an email with the call details.
Now in a few simple steps you now have a call scheduled with your HOT prospect!  There is no time for her to get “cold” because you’ve given her a simple action step that leads to scheduling a meeting.  This keeps your prospect warm while making coordinating schedules seamless.

 

Want to test it out?  I have reviewed several different Online Scheduling Services to replace Tungle, and below are links to two of the systems I like best.  Feel free to click on the links to see how it “looks and feels” for your prospect to use it.  While you are there if you would like to schedule a complimentary, no-obligation consultation with me to discuss how to set up your online schedule or create a better system for managing your prospects, please use either link to select 3-5 times that fit with your schedule and I’ll select a time that fits best with mine…

http://my.vcita.com/thegoldenruleadmin

http://meetwith.me/thegoldenruleva