"Can We Hop On A Call Real Quick?"​

"Can We Hop On A Call Real Quick?"

Hey, I've used that phrase before in my Messenger and LinkedIn chats.

Two things tended to happen back when I used to do this, before I discovered the secret to creating just about any connection I want to:

  • The chat dies, then and there - and everything I send subsequent ends up "read-checked"
  • They ask me, point-blank, what I'm looking to sell them, and could I just lay it out right now so they can decide if a phone call is worth their time (spoiler alert: 95% of the time, it "isn't")

Every time I share this in discussion forums, I find more people with similar stories, on both sides of the conversation.

Why?

It's salesy.

In fact, in a curriculum I teach called The Messenger Magic Method, I share that approach only works when you have something to sell - people know this - and even using the phrase "can we hop on a call real quick" is not the way to go about it.

There's a completely different way to work it - and the correct formula actually takes away the recipient's need to do anything proactively.

Anyways.

Let's set that aside.

Now, let's try a new phrase:

"I saw your post on (THEIR TOPIC). I would love to have you on my podcast. Some of my listeners have told me they're interested in that, too. People will love it. When can we have you on?"

With that language shift, your calendar fills up with valuable conversations.

See...

"Hop on a call real quick" is something people are too busy for (not sorry).

"Free strategy sessions" come with a catch to be avoided and can have up to a 50% no-show rate.

"Come on my podcast and let me share your brilliance and your passion with my audience" has an almost 100% YES-show rate.

Here is an incredible reason to

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Again, it sidesteps the shortcomings and drawbacks of the "free strategy session" model and the "can we hop on a quick call" feint.

It fills your calendar with an endless supply of high-value conversations that turn into client relationships, business alliances, referrals, and speaking/media opportunities.

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So glad you invited me to join your podcast! Of course, it's great. I need to contact you anyway about a business matter I think might interest you, re a new marketing venture. You were so helpful and easy to work with years ago and I assume you changed only for the better, if at all! Contact me at cathleencarr@gmail when you have a minute. No rush.

Adam Hommey, I almost didn't open your LI post when I saw the phrase "hope on." But I am so glad that I did. I agree with you: I immediately thought someone's got something to sell me. But, as your graphic suggests, people (at least most people in polite company) seldom hop or jump onto their phones.

Suzanne Taylor-King "STK"

4X Founder | Business Coach for Visionary Entrepreneurs | Reinvention Architect | Bold Thinking Partner | Facilitator | Idea Lab Community Founder| Unlock Your Way w/ STK Podcast Host & Guest

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Oh Adam Hommey I can't tell you how many times this happens to me. One last week even professing, I love your content and I really want to find out more about you and what you do, I asked in what capacity? The response was networking, to truely know my connections.........the resulting call was booked with his "business partner" AKA sales person. I promptly cancelled the time, explaining that is not what networking looks like to me. He professed his apologies and we hopped on a "true" connection call, that was 5 mins of selling me on his coaching.......and program and investing in myself!! LOL NOT what to do!!

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