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As Clients think about which consultant to hire, they respond "We need more time to consider our options" to a proposal.
You may think client waffling is a signal that you have not finished the job of selling the value of your proposal. After all, most consulting projects come with high price tags, and communicating value is at the top of most consultants' lists.
But often the value of the project isn't in question. Instead, the risk involved in achieving that value is what holds up the hiring decision.

Your prospects are getting hundreds of marketing messages a day, from multiple mediums. They, as are you, are trying to pack a 12 hour day into an 8 hour day. So how do you continue your prospecting efforts in a tactful, yet persistent manner, without being pushy?

Being effective at prospecting requires that you maintain a steady pace with your sales calls. That's how you ensure your sales funnel remains large enough so that you meet your sales targets year after year. In making those calls to new leads and prospects, sales people often complain to me that, when their calls are intercepted by someone's voicemail, the voicemail box too often becomes a black hole.
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“There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities.
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