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Buffoon Technique
Buffoon Technique
Buffoon Technique
that they are going to get robbed) you have done a little experiment online and you are getting
phone calls and you don’t know what to do with them and you want to dump them on them
(mean while you are qualifying them using a bit of posturing)
OR
we sure do
That's great! The reason I'm calling is - I own a company and I get these calls, folks that are
looking for (their service/quotes)
But I'm not in that business myself, and the reason I'm calling is to find out if you guys would
EVEN be interested in taking these clients from me.
It's the stuff mostly related to (the service you targeted with your website)...but it's not for me..
Tell me more
I don't understand
What kind of clients?
Well, what happened is this - this is gonna take a sec to explain so please bear with me.
I put up a number of websites to do a test with the recent google update and
one of them was (their industry).
That's actually what I do - I get websites ranked on google. Anyways the test did way better than
expected. So now I have this site with my number on it and I'm getting client calls for (their
service). So rather than take the site down,
I thought I'd make a few calls and find someone who wants more business, so...I dunno
would you EVEN be interested in taking on a few extra clients?
OR
So now that Im getting (their service/quotes) requests, but again I'm not
in (their industry) I just did a test to see how google would react... so
rather then take down the site, I'm now thinking I wanna find someone who
wants more business so....I dunno...do you EVEN want new clients?
Well I'm real busy, and I don't have the time. I would much rather simply get
this setup so they phone or email you directly. (move directly to pitch below)
Ok, well tell you what - I hope you don't mind, but I don’t know you guys.
I had to look you up because I don't personally know anyone in this business.
Would you be open for us to meet up and once I get to know you better maybe we can work out
the details?
OR
That's great - well tell you what, you sound like a really nice person and all,
but i'd feel a heck of alot more comfortable if we could meet in person so I could get to know you
a bit better
Book Appointment (Meet on your own terms - even if they ask to meet at 12:00
move it 15 minutes so they meet on your terms)
Voice Mail Hi there, my name is (your name) I'm looking for someone who does (thing
they do) If you don't mind giving me a call back at your earliest convenience, my phone number
is (your number) Again, my name is (your name) and the number is (your number) Thank you
and have a great day!