Episode 84

full
Published on:

4th Jan 2022

3 Text Message Templates to Print Money

Click Here to Get All Podcast Show Notes!

How do you build new business opportunities and increase your revenue? Finding and nurturing new leads takes a lot of effort. But there's a simple 3-part text messaging workflow to reactivate leads and set high-ticket appointments. Sharran and his clients have used this framework to engage leads that eventually turn into enormous amounts of revenue.  

The first message is based on Dan Jackson’s famous 9-word question. Listen to this episode to learn how the templates work. Then, try them out and experience closing more deals. 

 “People just want a convenient way to say YES.”

- Sharran Srivatsaa

Timestamps:

00:00 Text messages to set high-ticket appointments

01:20 How this text message process works for real estate 

02:35 What does the text message barista do

04:12 How this framework applies to a dry cleaning business

05:42 Use Dean Jackson's 9-word question (Are you still interested in ____?

06:50 Ask the sorting question (provide two options for the customer)

08:02 Ask a specific question and give a reference point

08:55 What happens when you give someone a reference point

09:06 Recap of the 3-part framework to make this text messaging work

11:19 Test this framework with five leads per day, and soon you’ll have an entire pipeline of warm leads

Resources:

- Grab Sharran’s 4-Week MBA for Free


Connect with Sharran:

- Facebook

- Instagram

- Twitter

- LinkedIn

- YouTube

Listen for free

Show artwork for Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa

About the Podcast

Business School with Sharran Srivatsaa
Business School is hosted by Sharran Srivatsaa, President of Real (TSX: REAX) (NASDAQ: REAX), the fastest-growing, publicly-traded, real estate brokerage in the world. Sharran grew Teles Properties by 10x in 5 years to $3.4 Billion in sales and eventually sold the business to Douglas Elliman. Sharran is also an accomplished “deal guy” and private equity investor. He is the Chairman of private equity firm Highland Prime which focuses on investing in service-businesses and also the Chairman of ARC Multifamily Group which focuses on value-add multifamily investment projects.

Sharran is a former Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse banker and a sought after keynote speaker and is the creator of the wildly-popular 5am Club call for Entrepreneurs.

On this podcast, Sharran shares his best secrets on how to grow your business strategically, how to build your brand elegantly, most importantly integrate the profits in your business with an overall joyful life.

For more free resources visit Sharran.com

About your host

Profile picture for Sharran Srivatsaa

Sharran Srivatsaa

Sharran is a serial entrepreneur, sought after keynote speaker, and a respected thought-leadership resource for publications such as the Wall Street Journal, SUCCESS magazine, Huffington Post and Forbes.

While Sharran has had 5 exits in the last 19 years, and also a several humbling failed investments and business initiatives. He talks all about them on his top rated Spotify podcast, Business School.

Most recently, Sharran led Teles Properties’ unprecedented 10x growth over 5 years and a 4-year consecutive streak on the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies list resulting in its acquisition by national real estate powerhouse Douglas Elliman.

Prior to Teles, Sharran worked at both Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, where he collaborated with management teams of fast-growing businesses around the country on investment advisory and corporate strategy. Sharran also spent several years building recreational programs in the Caribbean, Middle East, and Hawaii for some of the finest international resorts such as the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton, also has deep experience working with technology companies such as Lightera (acquired by CIENA) and Obopay, a fast-growth mobile payments company.

Sharran is a Principal at Srilo Ventures, a multi-factor private investment fund that focuses investing in and advising technology companies and operating businesses in the consumer space. Having successfully completed many acquisitions, joint-ventures, management buyouts, mergers, and capital raises, Sharran serves as a director and advisor on numerous company boards.

He is also a member of the Genius Network, the highest-level marketing mastermind in the world led by whizkid Joe Polish, and also a member of Young President’s Organization (YPO).

After competing on the professional tennis tour, Sharran received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Luther College and his MBA with Honors from Vanderbilt University.