CHAPTER 1225 WRITTEN SALES MESSAGE TEMPLATES
There are so many ways you can craft effective LinkedIn messages, with the key always being to personalise them to each individual prospect and customer.
I'm going to share with you a set of templates that I have used over the years to generate sales opportunities selling IT, Software, Advertising, Training, Events and Consultancy.
THE GOAL OF THE MESSAGE
You will notice that most of these templates focus on the goal of opening the conversation or gaining an email address to send information across. When it comes to social selling and LinkedIn, this approach has become the most successful, in my experience, compared to outright asking for a phone call or face‐to‐face meeting. By offering to send more information with the aim of securing an email address, you open the doors to conversation. Going in for the kill and asking for a call or meeting is extremely “sales‐y” and aggressive.
“But Dan, that's what we do when we cold call. We want to speak to them and get a meeting.”
True, but that's why ROI on cold ...
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