a contraption<\/a> which charges my phone and puts the calls on the car speakers.\u00a0 The connection sucks but it allows me to acknowlege whomever called and to “triage” why they are calling.\u00a0 If it’s a “money” call, I tell them that I will pull off the freeway and call them in a matter of minutes.\u00a0 If it’s something to do with something other than work, I ask them to send me a text so I can call them later.<\/p>\nIt doesn’t always work.\u00a0 Sometimes, I’m a in a meeting and can’t answer the phone but by changing my mindset to believing that every single phone call represents a five-figure check, I am conditioned to sell.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, our high tech culture has made incoming phone calls a “nuisance’ to many people.\u00a0 if you are on the dialing end of the phone call, a voicemail or text, instead of an answer, tells you that you just might be bothering someone.\u00a0 If you call me, I try to make you the most important person in the world.<\/p>\n
You ARE the most important person in the world because you are the one paying my bills.\u00a0 So call me at 858-777-9751<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you want to sell your listing faster and for more money?\u00a0 Answer your phone Do you want to work with more buyers?\u00a0 Answer your phone Lenders, do you want more loan business from agents?\u00a0 Answer your phone I know this sounds simplistic but more sales are made on the phone then are made via […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,6,5,440],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-lending","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-smartphones","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2313,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2313\/the-call-center-and-real-estate-professional-phone-shuffle\/","url_meta":{"origin":16551,"position":0},"title":"The Call Center (and Real Estate Professional) Phone Shuffle","author":"Lani Anglin","date":"December 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Seth Godin wrote this week about the customer service call centers set up with conflicting goals.\u00a0 Regarding his experience with PayPal: The desired outcome (I go away) doesn't seem like it's aligned with the corporate goals (I stick around). 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