One of the most common questions we see from consumers at AgingChoices is, why is senior living so expensive?
The answer might be obvious to you…
One of the most common questions we see from consumers at AgingChoices is, why is senior living so expensive?
The answer might be obvious to you…
An age-old question, that spans all industries and sectors: what do prospects really want? You think you know, but after seeing the results of thousands of senior living prospect surveys, we now know.
This is part three in a three-part series on the Top 30 Tips for building relationships with prospects in senior living sales. Without further ado, here is part 3.
Here are the 21-20 ways that your senior living sales teams can build trust and rapport with potential prospects:
I was recently asked, “What is a salesperson’s job?” This question really got me to think. I responded that a salesperson’s job at its core, is to help a prospect decide on whether they will buy or not buy a product or a service. The goal is to really help them through the process of making that decision.
Here are the 11-20 ways that your senior living sales teams can build trust and rapport with potential prospects:
The activities that a senior living sales professional engages in (such as pre-call/tour planning, discovery, tours/virtual tours, follow up, and closing the sale) are done for the purpose of more capably influencing prospects. This is critical. Otherwise, people would just sign up via your website! Right? Bottom line is that basic information alone will not move a new resident in.
What IS critical is how that information is given to your prospective residents and families. What moves people is not merely information, but how that information is presented. Hence why you have sales professionals. Each consumer has different buying criteria and it is important that your sales professionals use a personalized approach to this process.
Here are the first 10 ways that your senior living sales teams can build trust and rapport with potential prospects:
On your social platforms, Are you asking engaging questions? are you sharing ideas/articles that people will really find valuable? If not, try this new approach and see what happens. Give it 90 days. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
The world is a better place when you show compassion, understanding, and most importantly aim to add value.