Telephone Collection Call Scripts and How to Respond to Excuses
Telephone Collection Call Scripts and How to Respond to Excuses

Author: Michelle Dunn

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781482084894

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As someone who has made thousands upon thousands of debt collection calls as a credit manager and first party collector and as an agency owner and third party collector, I wanted to share what I know about making these calls so that you can improve on your calls. To take the fear out of it, just remember that making a collection call is like making a customer service call. You are calling about a problem with the account and you just want to resolve it. You will learn what common excuses people give and what you can say to them in order to keep the call moving in the right direction and not going off track. You will learn how to notice a red flag with an account that you are calling and be able to avoid disaster by taking specific steps based on your knowledge of what is happening with that particular account. This book will help anyone who owns a business and needs to call customers that are past due. It will help accounts receivable clerks who make calls to delinquent accounts; it will help credit managers who make collection calls or "your account is on credit hold" calls. This book will also help collectors who work for a third party collection agency. This book is meant to be a guide for bill collectors. I have shared with you actual and specific steps I have taken in my years of doing collection work that have worked well for me. I have found that when making collection calls and dealing with excuses, you must be firm, tread lightly, have compassion and treat the account carefully. Treat the account (not the customer) like a child who needs your guidance and help to get this paid. This has worked very well for me and I have successfully collected more money than other collectors based on following these steps.

The Complete Book of Collection Letters, Telephone Scripts, and Faxes
The Complete Book of Collection Letters, Telephone Scripts, and Faxes

Author: Cecil J. Bond

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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Are outstanding debts eating away at your business's profitability? This valuable "toolbox" of over 400 collection letters, scripted collection calls, directions for visiting customers in person, plus model faxes can help you turn accounts receivable into accounts paid. Avoid the costly trap of chasing down a small number of problem accounts, limit delinquencies, stay on the right side of the law, and reduce the time it takes to collect balances. This groundbreaking volume can help you substantially increase your cashflow without a lot of costly and time-consuming systems changes. At last you'll have the time and the money to run your business more effectively. Step-by-step procedures and ready-to-use forms help you organize or reorganize your credit department, construct more useful credit files, and build a new credit policy that keeps customers happy and keeps the payments pouring in. Cecil Bond is full of sound advice on: precautions you must take when collecting by mail ... how a conciliatory tone can be more effective than a threatening posture ... setting up a payment program to work with your customers' cashflow ... the advantages of "doing lunch" with a customer ... writing the final demand letter ... and what bad-debt accounts are better left alone. For both commercial and consumer accounts, for business managers and owners, The Complete Book of Collection Letters, Telephone Scripts, and Faxes is a veritable treasure trove of the dos and don'ts of collection methods; what's legal and what's not; key ingredients in successful letters and how long they should be; how to avoid controversial statements; how to structure and control collection telephone calls; and when to employ acollection agency. Actual samples with clearly explained procedures include the letters that generate payments with the key words that get action; how to freshen up a favorite letter, and how to selectively use the form letters in this guide; putting it all together: integrating letters, calls, faxes - and visits; your collection efforts and the law - practices to avoid; deploying your credit department people to collectible accounts; screening accounts for creditworthiness; the most effective series of collection notices; combining the strengths of letters and telephone calls; tailoring your efforts: when and how to use more than one option; when and how to use a collection agency; and steps for salvaging bad-debt write-offs.

Credit and Collections
Credit and Collections

Author: Michelle Dunn

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2013-02-14

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1443846287

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The credit crisis, high fuel costs, job losses, bankruptcies, foreclosures and the failing economy are all contributing to factories closing, job loss and business owners going out of business because they can’t get paid. Learn how to take specific steps and use positive action to streamline and maximize your credit management policies. This book, Credit and Collections: A Business Perspective, is for businesses that have past due customers and need help collecting from them. It is for businesses who want to check their customer’s credit to limit credit risk and avoid bad debt. Things that have worked in the past are no longer working; everybody’s credit has changed, everyone’s job situation has changed, people have lost their homes due to the economy or weather and the flow of our business cash has taken a hit. Credit and Collections: A Business Perspective will help anyone who has customers that owe them money and will give them specific steps and actions they can take to make effective collection calls that work. This book will show you how to check a customer’s credit and determine their credit worthiness before you extend credit to someone who may not be able to pay you. With this book you can protect your business and your bottom line by protecting your most important asset, your cash flow.

Power Phone Scripts
Power Phone Scripts

Author: Mike Brooks

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-06-28

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 111941797X

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Start closing sales like top producers! Have you ever found yourself at a loss for what to say when the gatekeeper asks you what your call is about? Have your palms ever sweated when the decision maker shuts you down with: “I wouldn’t be interested”? Has your heart taken a fast dive into your stomach when, at the start of your presentation, your prospect tells you that they’ve thought about it and are just going to pass? If you’re in sales, then the question isn’t “Have you ever felt this way?”, but rather, “How often do you feel this way? Are you finally ready to learn how to confidently and effectively overcome these objections, stalls, and blow-offs? If so, Power Phone Scripts was written for you! Unlike other books on sales that tell you what you should do (like build value – hard to do when the prospect is hanging up on you!), Power Phone Scripts provides word-for-word scripts, phrases, questions, and comebacks that you can use on your very next call. Learn to overcome resistance, get through to the decision maker, and then, once you have him or her on the phone, make an instant connection and earn the right to have a meaningful conversation. You’ll be equipped with proven questions, conversation starters, and techniques to learn whether or not they are even right for your product or service, and, if they aren’t, who else in their company or another department might be. Power Phone Scripts is the sales manual you’ve been looking for: over 500 proven, current, and non-salesy phrases, rebuttals, questions, and conversation openers that will instantly make you sound more confident – just like the top producing sales pros do right now. Gone will be your call reluctance; gone will be your fear of calling prospects back for presentations and demos; gone will be the fear of asking for the sale at the end of your pitch! This practical guide is filled with effective scripts for prospecting, emailing, voice mails, closes, and tons of rebuttals to recurring objections you get like: “It costs too much” “We already have a vendor for that” “I’m going to need to think about it” “I need to talk to the boss or committee” and so many others... More than just phone scripts, this book provides practical, comprehensive guidance that every inside sales rep needs. Conquer concerns, provide answers, motivate action, and be the conduit between your prospect’s problems and your solution. Actionable, fun, and designed to work within the current sales environment, this invaluable guide is your ticket to the top of the leader board. With Power Phone Scripts, you will never be at a loss of what to say to a prospect or client. Communication is everything in sales, and being on top of your game is no longer enough when top producers are playing a different game altogether. You cannot achieve winning stats if you're not even on the field. If you're ready to join the big league, Power Phone Scripts is the playbook you need to win at inside sales.

Health Fitness Management
Health Fitness Management

Author: Mike Bates

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1492582506

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Health Fitness Management, Second Edition, provides an in-depth picture of the varied and rewarding role of the health and fitness club manager. With contributions from leading experts in the fitness industry, several new chapters, a more practical emphasis, enhanced features, and the addition of instructor resources, this second edition is the most authoritative and field-tested guide to management success. Whether soothing disgruntled members, ensuring club safety and profitability, or motivating staff to perform at their best, health and fitness club managers require the right mix of skills and flexibility to support the success and continued growth of their clubs. Both aspiring and practicing club managers can rely on Health Fitness Management to help them acquire and improve their management skills across all areas: Human resources: Understand the importance of organizational development and the payoffs of thoughtful staff recruitment, training, development, retention, and compensation. Sales and marketing: Discover new ways to attract and retain members and increase profitability with the right mix of products and services. Financial management: Learn how to read financial statements and understand and control the risks associated with running a fitness club. Facility maintenance: Implement systems to ensure the upkeep and safety of the facility and its equipment. Program evaluation: Determine the “fitness level” of the club and its programs, capitalize on strengths, and find solutions to improve weak areas. Industry perspective: Understand the history of health and fitness management, its present status, and future trends. Health Fitness Management, Second Edition, has been fully updated and organized for maximum retention and easy reference. Each chapter begins with "Tales From the Trenches," a real-life example that clearly illustrates the chapter’s theoretical focus. Special “The Bottom Line” segments sum up the key points of the chapters in an applied context so readers can see exactly how the information is applied on the job. Learning objectives, key terms, and a list of references and recommended reading round out each chapter to make the material even more comprehensive to students, and a new instructor guide and test package make the text ideal for instructors teaching a course. Practitioners will find the added bonus of many time-saving reproducible forms, including a sample membership agreement, an equipment maintenance form, and a guest registration and exercise waiver. Written by industry experts with more than 300 combined years of experience, Health Fitness Management, Second Edition, is the fundamental resource for the management and operation of health and fitness facilities and programs. Enhanced with practical scenarios and applied knowledge, it provides a solid foundation for students preparing for a management career in the health and fitness industry and serves as an essential reference for professionals already enjoying the challenges and opportunities of club management. For information on system requirements or accessing an E-book after purchase, click here.

Fanatical Prospecting
Fanatical Prospecting

Author: Jeb Blount

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1119144760

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Ditch the failed sales tactics, fill your pipeline, and crush your number With over 500,000 copies sold Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development—prospecting. The brutal fact is the number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to consistently prospect. By ignoring the muscle of prospecting, many otherwise competent salespeople and sales organizations consistently underperform. Step by step, Jeb Blount outlines his innovative approach to prospecting that works for real people, in the real world, with real prospects. Learn how to keep the pipeline full of qualified opportunities and avoid debilitating sales slumps by leveraging a balanced prospecting methodology across multiple prospecting channels. This book reveals the secrets, techniques, and tips of top earners. You’ll learn: Why the 30-Day Rule is critical for keeping the pipeline full Why understanding the Law of Replacement is the key to avoiding sales slumps How to leverage the Law of Familiarity to reduce prospecting friction and avoid rejection The 5 C’s of Social Selling and how to use them to get prospects to call you How to use the simple 5 Step Telephone Framework to get more appointments fast How to double call backs with a powerful voice mail technique How to leverage the powerful 4 Step Email Prospecting Framework to create emails that compel prospects to respond How to get text working for you with the 7 Step Text Message Prospecting Framework And there is so much more! Fanatical Prospecting is filled with the high-powered strategies, techniques, and tools you need to fill your pipeline with high quality opportunities. In the most comprehensive book ever written about sales prospecting, Jeb Blount reveals the real secret to improving sales productivity and growing your income fast. You’ll gain the power to blow through resistance and objections, gain more appointments, start more sales conversations, and close more sales. Break free from the fear and frustration that is holding you and your team back from effective and consistent prospecting. It's time to get off the feast or famine sales roller-coaster for good!

Complete Handbook of All-purpose Telemarketing Scripts
Complete Handbook of All-purpose Telemarketing Scripts

Author: Barry Z. Masser

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Here are over 200 ready-to-use telemarketing scripts that can increase your effectiveness in every area of selling by phone. Included are openers that immediately grab a prospect's interest and identify specific needs, as well as scores of compelling product descriptions and special inducements you can use to quickly close almost every sale.

Secrets of Successful Telephone Selling
Secrets of Successful Telephone Selling

Author: Robert W. Bly

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1997-06-15

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780805040982

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For individual professionals or small business owners, here is a step-by-step program for using the phone to generate sales leads, qualify prospects, follow up, close sales, service accounts, get repeat orders, and ensure profitable returns.