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Who has the money problem… your clients or YOU?

Home Care Marketers report their #1 objection is, “My referral sources or prospects tell me they can’t afford my Home Care Services.”

Here’s the deal. That is not the “real” issue!

The REAL issue is how the Home Care Marketer feels about money and value and their own mindset.

They have a scarcity mindset.

Haven’t we all pulled up to the house and made an “assumption” based on how the house looked that the potential client “can’t afford our services”?

…Only to walk out with a signed agreement for more hours than what we thought?

The Marketers make (false) assumptions about what someone is willing or able to pay for value based on their own limiting beliefs.

The prospect feels this “energy”, and it becomes a self-fulling prophecy. The next thing you know… no signed agreement.

“See, I knew they couldn’t afford it!”

Let’s talk value.

Do you believe that you provide a valuable service?

Of course, you do! If you do not – then change jobs. You have too much integrity.

I am not kidding. If you do not think your agency’s services are worth it – move on.

The rest of you who are continuing to read believe in your services.

They are worth it.

The value the services bring to your clients goes well beyond the dollars you receive.

We speak all the time about consultative selling. You are the Senior Care Expert!

When you identify a problem, share solutions that are part of the process! Price is the last thing on your mind.

I had a mentor who once told me, “Recommend what they need – not what you think they will pay.” It is the best advice I have received. It allows me to paint a picture of our services’ results to the client or their family.

Time to delete from your self conversations

#1. They can’t afford it.

#2. I am sure they will just want 4 hrs.

#3. They have already met with the XYZ agency. I know their price is lower, so I am not going to get this case.

EVERY interaction you have has the potential to lead you to the next case.

You need to connect with the prospect.

Uncover their wants, needs, and desires through great open-ended questions as we teach you.

And be the consultant. Recommend what they need to achieve those desires.

My grandmother – Grandma Pete – was on Medicaid. On paper, you would not think she could afford services. But when you asked the right questions. Her late husband was a veteran. Her three children were willing to pitch in and help. She received services. Most marketers would have stopped at the VA, but the real decision maker was my Mom, and she had influence over her brothers, who pitched in funds.

You know your Mom always said you don’t “Assume.”

A fellow sales trainer Mike Weinberg says,

“When there is a perceived desire and need, and there is perceived value in filling that need, and they can see it in their mind’s eye, there is always enough money IF you are talking to the right person.”

Write this on your whiteboard, or print it out and frame it!

BELIEVE the VALUE you CREATE through your services!

Keep Serving Seniors!

 

Together We Grow!

Melanie

 

PS: If you are struggling with the price objection struggle no more! We got you covered in the High Performance Sales Academy. Click here to get instant access 

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Are you experiencing a Summer Slump?

I had a call this week with one of our old clients (Robert) who said:

“I am just in a summer slump. I don’t know what is going on. I think I am doing the right things, but the numbers are not growing.”

“I make headway a week or two, and then my referrals drop off. The board is wanting more. We told them we would hit a specific number, and we are not there yet.”

“I have to get more from my team, and I don’t know what to do.”

I told Bob, “I am glad you called! So many of us are in this position at one point in our lives – the summer slump!”

 

I asked Bob a few more clarifying questions:

 

    1. What was going on with his marketing team?
    2. What changes have recently happened with his Operations team?
    3. How’s intake?
    4. What was the one thing that he believed could be done to move the needle?

His initial response – like many of you – was staffing. “We need more staff.” He said to me.

 

I asked, “Besides staffing, what else would move the needle?”

 

He paused for a long minute – there was silence on the phone and then said, “I think the issue is focus.”

 

“They need focus” and then quickly added “and energy. I think this long, drawn-out COVID state is making them tired. Everyone relies on the marketers to bring the energy, and they are tired too.”

 

I can so relate. All the marketers we mentor and coach are tired.

And when you get tired, you need two things:

 

    1. Inspiration
    2. A clear path

 

Many of the teams we work with are in the same position. Consider one of our favorite teams in the south. They are in the middle of COVID numbers rising. Their referral sources are EXHAUSTED! They “snap” at the marketers, and their compassion for their patients is declining – they just “need this bed” for the next patient.

 

How can you market in an environment like this?

 

Inspiration and connection – if your tank is empty, it’s hard to give to your referral sources. 

    • Put on your own “oxygen mask first” before helping your referral sources.

 

When you are tired, you need a clear path – what are you highlighting this week?

    • Have a clear, educational message in an email, Voice Mail, and in-person to ensure the message gets to your referral sources. (you need it in all formats – email, text, VM, and in-person)
    • Connect to the human first – our referral sources face a trauma – connect to the human before moving into your educational message and highlighting a patient type.

 

This is a volatile time.

There will be no “new normal.” Simply volatility in our marketing space. When we understand that truth, we know that continuous adaptation is the only way to move forward.

 

We have adapted our foundational program, RoadMap to Referrals, to gain referrals during this volatile time so that you can serve more patients. Gain more referrals and impact more family’s lives.

 

Curious how we have adapted the system?

 

Click here to find a time on Mike’s calendar that works for you.

 

Together we GROW!

Melanie Stover

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You Are Either Excited About 2023 Or Terrified…

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You are most likely one of two types of people.

You are either excited about 2023 or terrified. 

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Whichever you identify with, you can most certainly end 2023 with a success story.

Watch the following video and uncover how you can unwrap success in 2023 in 40 seconds.

 

Click the link below and make sure that you and your team are on a path to success in 2023!

homecaresales.com/unwrap

 

Have questions? We have answers! Simply email mike@homecaresales.com with your questions or simply go here and chose a time that works for you: https://calendly.com/mike-home-care-sales

 

 

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5 Mistakes That Sales Reps Make That Cost Them Referrals

Sales reps are the lifeblood of any business and the ones that most often drive revenue and census growth.

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However, if they make a few mistakes, it can cost them and their agency dearly.

Unfortunately, these mistakes happen quite often and most reps are unaware of the impact that they can make. If you are an owner, you need to help your sales team avoid these mistakes.

If you are a sales professional who might be making these mistakes, don’t worry! You can quickly and easily pivot on a path that will drive more referrals and keep your referral sources happy and active in the lives of their senior patients.

 

Mistake 1: Being a Professional Visitor

 

How do you know if you are a professional visitor (or have a professional visitor on your team)?

First, Are you stopping by to see a referral source and treating them like a friend without discussing home care (or Home Health or Hospice)?

Well, I have some bad news. This is a no-value sales call. Imagine instead that you had expanded their knowledge about which patients to refer!

You will get so much more in return for your time and effort by positioning yourself as an expert.

 

Mistake 2: Talk too Much

I really hate this one. I have had to deal with calls from doctor’s offices and skilled nursing facility administrators about my sales reps hanging around gossiping about Game of Thrones or talking about sports scores (and other examples, the list goes on and on…)

No one wants their staff to not be doing their jobs because they are too busy “BS”ing with our sales folks. It makes accounts mad and makes your agency look unprofessional.

Remember less than 2 mins, and they should be talking to you, not you to them!

 

Mistake 3: They Brochure Vomit

So this one sounds gross, but it happens all the time (especially to new reps). This is another one where I wish I could duck-tape some rep’s mouths shut!

Everyone remembers when they were somewhere and someone was vomiting. It’s gross and you can’t wait to get away from the vomiting person. It’s the same feeling for me when a salesperson is brochure vomiting.

If you already did a qualifying sales call (Learn how by purchasing the High-Performance Sales Academy Program) you know that this particular account can already refer to your company. You brought them brochures during your second visit.

Now, you do not need to spend time on a sales call to tell them the services you offer. Instead, ask them trigger questions to identify patients they can refer right now. This will elevate your conversation and provide you with an opportunity to serve their specific patients.

 

Mistake 4: They Don’t Handle Objections

 

One of the most common errors made by sales reps is not handling objections. Let’s face it: One of the main functions of office staff is to deflect anyone who might waste their team or physician’s time.

Objections from referral sources can be difficult to deal with and many sales reps struggle to respond adequately or at all. This lack of skill in handling objections leads to lost referrals and underserved seniors.

When dealing with objections, it is important for sales reps to remain calm and professional so that they can address their referral source’s concerns without making them feel uncomfortable or ignored. Good listening skills are also beneficial since this allows reps to better understand what their customers need before attempting to resolve any issues that come up during discussions or negotiations.

Speaking of good listening skills…

 

Mistake 5: They Present Information that isn’t important to the referral source.

For any sales representative, success is dependent upon their ability to make the right connections with their referral sources. Unfortunately, one of the most common mistakes they make is presenting information that doesn’t matter to their specific referral sources. This lack of focus will often lead them down a path of failure, as the information may be too general or irrelevant to the needs of their referral sources.

When it comes to discussing services for seniors, it’s important for reps to understand how they can help solve a problem for their physicians or referral partners.

They should also ensure that the information they bring is tailored specifically for each individual referring partner in order to create meaningful communication and engagement opportunities. If salespeople fail to do this, then they risk losing both trust and credibility which will ultimately result in lost revenue.

 

Avoid the mistakes that leave seniors unserved and unlock your full potential with the High Performance Sales Academy. Gain instant access to this proven methodology.

 

Have questions? We have answers! Simply email mike@homecaresales.com to set up a time to discuss or simply go here and chose a time that works for you: https://calendly.com/mike-home-care-sales

 

Have an amazing day!

Cheryl Peltekis, RN “The Solutionist”

Co-Owner of Home Care Sales

 

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How To Get Past the Gatekeepers At The Hospital

One of the biggest challenges your organization faces is in getting enough referrals to remain profitable. That is a simple truth. Many times, organizations think they can get enough business from just websites and word of mouth, and I will tell you, these are the agencies that typically don’t succeed.

If you look around at the top 5 agencies in your market, I guarantee you that they have a sales representative or a team of sales representatives.

If you ask them, “what is the biggest challenge that your sales representatives face today when out trying to gain new business?” the answer is usually the same.

Getting past the gatekeeper in the Hospital

 

Today I want to share with you a few tips so you can get past the gatekeeper and gain more private duty, home health, and hospice referrals. Let’s start by talking about getting into the hospitals in your service area.

Hospitals can be a real challenge to gain access to. In fact, we teach a whole class on how to access the hospitals in our High Performance Sales Academy and spend time role-playing out the situations every month on our group coaching calls and really take the sales reps through all the what-if scenarios.

You may also need to get a vendor clearance and your organization may also have to share in referral exchange EMRs. However, one way that almost always works and doesn’t require any special referral software is to have your sales representative go visit any of your active patients that get admitted to the hospital.

The sales representative can go visit the patient and after they see the patient, stop at the desk and ask them to page the discharge planner that has your patient’s room assigned to them.

When the Case Manager arrives, you now have a chance to do your qualifying sales call and find out if this hospital discharge planner has both the willingness and ability to refer to your organization.

You want to be prepared to ask several questions so you can then easily position your organization to obtain referrals.

Here are a few examples of what I would ask:

 

    • What is most important to you when selecting a hospice to care for your patients? This question typically gets an answer that is something like: We offer patient choice, or we provide the patient with a list.
    • Can you show me if my organization is on your list? If you’re not on the list, you can write a letter to the hospital corporate compliance officer to request to be on the list. If you are on the list, you can say something like “Great, I’m so glad that you offer freedom of choice.
    • Could you share with me how you help your patients receive guidance on how to use the list? How do they know what providers are great at wound care? Or How do they know what providers take their insurance? Or how do they know who can provide 24-hour care at home?
    • Can you share with me the last time that you had to give a referral to a different agency other than the hospital’s own?
    • What types of patients do you refer to hospice?
    • Do you have trouble getting services provided quickly in any of the counties?
    • Could you share with me 3 things that you love about referring to your preferred agency?
    • Could you share with me 3 challenges that you have experienced in working with your preferred provider?
    • Would you be willing to try my organization if I can solve any of your challenges?
    • Is there someone else that is going home today that is just like my current patient, Mrs. Jones that I could also provide care to?
    • Who else should I speak to regarding hospice referrals?

 

If they do refer, great job! If not, thank them for allowing you to collect the data. Tell them that you will be back next week around the same time so you can share some brochures and a price list, or an insurance list.

If they say a different date and time, document their request and let them know you will see them next week!

Important: Leave nothing behind but a business card.

Do not give them any brochures as this is a reason to see them for another sales call.

Document your answers to all the questions that you asked before you forget them. Remember to review what they shared with you and plan your next sales call content based on their answers.

Remember to be prepared on what you will say next week!

Besides visiting active patients that are hospitalized, you can also get past the gatekeeper by partnering with someone who has access. Look for another sales rep that you see that is getting in. Maybe they offer oxygen or DME or maybe they are a hospice vendor, and you are selling private duty services.

Ask the rep to help you gain access in exchange for introducing them to your favorite account(s).

A third way to get past the gatekeeper at the hospital is to go into the hospital with a physician that is willing to introduce you to the discharge planners. We just had great success with this strategy.

I walked into a hospital that was almost impossible to get past the front desk. They wouldn’t let in visitors unless you were family. You had to be an approved vendor to go in with another rep that had access.

I asked one of the physicians who makes rounds at the hospital if he would be willing to introduce me to the case managers. He said, he would be happy to introduce me to the head of case management. It worked!

Today we are getting overflow referrals from this hospital.

 

If you need help with strategies, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Cheryl@homecaresales.com or directly to our sales manager Mike@homecaresales.com.

We know patients need help at home and we are on a mission to get all of them the care that they deserve.

Have an amazing day!

Cheryl Peltekis, RN “The Solutionist”

Co-Owner of Home Care Sales

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How Home Health and In-Home Care can gain Referrals for Diabetic Patients

Sales representatives often ask questions about trying to attract patient types that they know their organization is great at treating.

Today, I got an email from a new salesperson who works for a large private duty organization. Johnny asked if I knew how he could capture more diabetic patients. He explained that the admission coordinator was a diabetic and that she really felt that she would be able to create a plan of care to support diabetic patients.

I suggested that he go to speak to the local Certified Diabetic Education Coordinators (CDE) that are having classes in his service area. Then I gave him a roleplay example to help him understand the very “words to say” to gain a diabetic referral.

Here is the role play that I provided Johnny to follow:

 

In this scenario, Mike is the Clinical Diabetic Educator (CDE), and I will play the role of the salesperson.

Cheryl has made an appt with the CDE to learn about his classes and how they support their students.

Cheryl: Hi, you must be Mike – good to see you – thank you for making time to meet with me.

Mike: Yes sure – how can I help?

Cheryl: As I shared on the phone I am interested in learning about your offerings – we have clients and a number of them have diabetes and I am interested in learning how I can better support them and how I can get them to you.

Mike: Ok yeah great – so I hold classes for folks with diabetes – and then one on ones with patients who are struggling to manage their diabetes. I hold them here at the office and the hospital. I would like to hold them in other places too, but it seems like there is never enough time.

Cheryl: Wow you really do a lot for the community – this is great. May I have a few brochures?

Mike: Absolutely, please let me give you at least 20.

Cheryl: I am curious – what do you see as some of the challenges that your patients face?

Mike: Oh, you know – they don’t eat well – they don’t check their blood sugar – they like to sit on the sofa and not move. Many of them are overweight and they don’t want to come to see me because they don’t want to get weighed. Folks report that they feel like they are going to “get in trouble”.

Cheryl: Wow – It sounds like they sure do need help at home. The good news is that my agency can help with all those issues. Our coordinator is a diabetic herself. She meets with each of the diabetic patients and builds a plan of care to support their diabetes, that’s why I wanted to meet with you. I know we are the company to service diabetic patients!

Mike: Yes, I know a little about home care services. However, most of my patients are on Medicare and you don’t take insurance

Cheryl: That’s true we do not take Medicare, but we still can help. We work with the patient and their families to build a plan of care to support them at home and that plan of care helps keep their diabetes in check. If folks don’t have the money to pay for a caregiver, we try to connect them with resources.

Mike: That’s nice. But I don’t know, I must think about how we might work together. I haven’t been referred to in-home care before. I just think about the cost for the patients. I am not comfortable talking about private pay expenses.

Cheryl: I can understand that and that’s exactly why I am here. To take that burden off your shoulders. How about if I come to one of your classes and as you go to break give me 5 minutes to share about my agency and what we do. Then we let the patients decide who would like to talk to me afterward.

Mike: Yeah, I like that better. Let’s look at a date – how about (insert date and times)

Cheryl: Perfect I will see you then. Before I go. One of the things that may not have thought about our patients that can’t get to your classes. Which patient has missed their appointments with you?

Mike: Oh I have a couple. We just keep calling them and rescheduling for another date.

Cheryl: How about if we offer a free in-home assessment to see if we can help get your patients here?

Mike: Oh – you would do that?

Cheryl: Yes, we would love to call them – ask if we could help and see where it takes us.

Mike: OK, I am open to that idea. I have one patient I would like you to connect. Let me get his info for you

Cheryl: Perfect – got it and I will let you know what they say – what’s your cell and I will text you

Mike: 333.333.3333

Cheryl: Great ok now you have mine too. Talk soon!

Now let’s review this roleplay.

First, I love to provide you with new referral sources (the CDE) to call on. I also love that this expands the CDE’s vision on how you can support private duty patients.

In the roleplay, Cheryl removes the stress of discussing costs, by offering to do the selling directly to the attendees.

In this example, the salesperson has access to direct consumer selling to the diabetic patient population.

I also love to show you how asking questions is more important than the rep telling the account about the agency.

Here in this example, the brochure vomiting is illuminated and replaced with specific information to differentiate the agency by just stating, “Our Coordinator is a diabetic herself”.

If you want to learn more about how you can sell by a diagnosis, we can help. We have a program called the Road Map To Referrals, 52 weeks of sales calls that expand the referral sources’ knowledge on whom to refer.

What to learn more? Simply email mike@homecaresales.com to set up a time to discuss or simply go here and chose a time that works for you: https://calendly.com/mike-home-care-sales

 

Have an amazing day!

Cheryl Peltekis, RN “The Solutionist”

Co-Owner of Home Care Sales

 

PS: Here is a link to a diagnosis-specific selling process video done by my business partner Melanie Stover. Be sure to click the Like and Subscribe button while you are there!

Click HERE to see the video on YouTube.

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Which referral sources do I focus on to get the most referrals?

Question:

Which referral sources do I focus on to get the most referrals?

 

This is a GREAT question. The way you are going to get more referrals is to focus on those who are WILLING and ABLE to refer to you! Are they WORTHLY of your time?

Read that again. Is THIS account WORTHY of your time?

 

Most representatives are often subservient to their referral sources. We challenge that paradigm at Home Care Sales.

The owners and representatives we coach and work with KNOW their VALUE! They have significant knowledge in the senior care space through experience and our programs. They ARE the post-acute care experts.

This means they are not “begging” for referrals. They are TRUE care partners with their referral sources and, therefore, MUST prioritize who they spend their time with so that they can make the MOST IMPACT in their communities! When you have the knowledge and the experience, YOU become a resource to your referral sources, helping them get care to the seniors who deserve it! Your care!

Back to the question – which referral sources do I focus on?

1. The highly qualified accounts first!

 

Remember Step 1 of the High-Performance Sales Process? (If not read up on it in our FREE E-book, click here OR discover the whole sales process here in our High-Performance Sales Academy)

These are “A” accounts – that are currently referring to you and have the potential to refer MORE!

These are the accounts that you HAVE to defend and protect!

 

2. Prospects who have qualified and refer between sometimes and your “A” accounts – We call them “B” accounts.

 

When I am coaching, I tell the reps that if they gave you “1,” they have two or more! They just don’t know how to use you. They don’t know the breadth and depth of what you can do for their patients or residents.

These are PERFECT accounts to use the RoadMap to Referrals system. (Do you have the FREE marketing planner yet? If not, get your copy here! It’sIt’s the EXACT calendar we use with our coaching clients) The Roadmap to Referrals ™ system foundation is the Diagnosis Based Selling ™ method.

This method expands the referral sources mindset into which diagnoses you could care for and how you would care for them. Most clinicians – myself included were not taught about home care, home health, or hospice in college, and if your mentor didn’t use these post-acute care services, then you didn’t learn about it in your clinical practice either! You know this to be true.

How often has a client or patient’s family said, “OMG, I WISH we would have known about you SOONER!” The power of selling by Diagnosis is that you reach into the current caseload of your referral sources and pluck out the EXACT high-value referral type that YOU want for your agency.

3. What about those “onesies,” twosies” referral sources? …Or Referral sources that you KNOW have patients or residents to refer but “Just don’t get it.”

 

In the past, we would have had to be ruthless with our time, and these folks just would have been at the bottom of our list, and we would not have been able to call on them much. But COVID taught us a VERY valuable lesson!

YOU CAN MARKET REMOTELY! Woo Hooo!

 

All those accounts you could not justify getting in your car and going across town – NOW you don’t have to! You can simply use remote marketing tactics – phone and digital have changed Home Care Marketing FOREVER!

During COVID, we honed our copyrighting and messaging skills so that the same weekly message we deliver in person in the roadmap to referrals, we have created email, voicemail, and pdfs of our unique selling point for that week!

We can reach so many more referral sources with our message!

This is the BEST time to market Home Health, Hospice, and In-Home Care!

 

We can change lives together!

Make a bigger impact and income by serving more seniors!

Here are three ways we can work together when you are ready:

1. Download our free app! HomeCareSales app

This app has free and paid courses in it – explore!

2. RoadMap to Referrals ™ – this is your map for the exact words to say and get those referrals!

Want to see it in action – click here to get on Mike’s calendar for a tour

3.Coaching for Owners/ Managers or Representatives!

With over 25 yrs out in the field, Melanie and Cheryl have the experience for executive coaching for you or your reps to take it to the next level!

Keep serving Seniors!

Together We Grow!
Melanie

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What can we learn from a hot beach in Mexico?

This summer, we had our family vacation in Cabo San Lucas. The boys LOVED it!

Of course, what is there not to love about a family vacation?

However, when I asked them what their favorite part they both replied the beach! My boys love the beach and swimming, so it was not surprising they said that but what followed?

 

“Mom, I love how we can be on the beach, and all the people come, and we can buy stuff.”

 

The boys love to buy “things” on the beach from the vendors, henna tattoos, wooden carvings of turtles, sunglasses, t-shirts lots of wares for sale. And A LOT of the same thing. Which got me thinking about differentiation.

 

How the beach vendors differentiated themselves fell into three categories:

    • By Price
    • By “customer service.”
    • By relationship and humor

 

Price: The 1st one is obvious by price. We are all consumers, and we know how to ask for a price and compare and get the best price. On the surface, all the t-shirts look the same, so you may simply look for the best price.

 

 

Which happens a lot in private pay in-home care – potential clients “shop” on price because that is all they know how to do. As the in-home care provider, you must elevate the conversation and share with the caller the differences on “why you” (we have a great exercise on this in the High-Performance Sales Academy). Even t-shirts can be different. We have all purchased a $5 t-shirt from the beach, and one wash later, it fits a barbie doll.

 

Was it even worth $5? – most likely not! A higher quality t-shirt might have cost more, but we could use it more. Similarly to in-home care – not all home cares are created equal.

DON’T let it be just about price!

 

Customer Service: While the product was the “same,” the customer service was different per salesperson on the beach.

 

Example: A child’s toy – a top – it was wooden and simple, but the guy we ultimately bought the top from offered to “customize” it by writing the boy’s names with a wood burner and the date, so we will never forget where we got them from.

 

 

This was a great example of taking something that is a commodity and “upgrading” it with customer service!

 

Many referral sources see Home Health, Hospice, and In-Home Care as a “commodity” all the “same,” but often, you can upgrade your position by “out customer servicing” the competition.

We see this at the intake position, making it “easy” for the referral source to refer. Or at the rep position speaking with the family, welcoming them onto service, and sharing “what to expect” as they transition home. The rep can make the whole process smoother and a better experience for the referral source and the patient.

 

Relationship and humor: By the 5th day on the beach, we had pretty much seen all the wares, and the salespeople had come to recognize the boys. One of the funniest lines of the week was a salesman walking by with a case of bracelets who said to us, “Hi Ladies, you haven’t bought any of my stuff you don’t need yet. Almost free for you today!”

 

It made us laugh, and my friend Melissa called him back. He was different, used humor to make a connection, and it worked! She bought a bracelet!

This is also why we say in the RoadMap to Referrals program to incorporate some fun! Yes, you are a professional, and this is serious business. But we could all use a little fun, and it deepens your relationships with your referral sources!

There are always “lessons” around us every day!

 

Be a student! Home Care Sales and Marketing can be challenging! But it doesn’t have to be. We are here for you! We got your back!

If you are interested in discovering how to leave the overwhelm and uncertainty behind, email Mike@homecaresales.com and he can tour you around the programs that can help you grow!

Together we GROW!

Click here to book a free discovery call with Mike! 

Keep serving Seniors

Together We Grow!
Melanie

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How much risk are you willing to take with your money?

Recently an owner was considering us to onboard, coach, and manage his rep.

He told us:

“I am terrible at hiring and managing my marketer. I have had 3 and 1 turned out to be not making a sales call, just sitting home and collecting a check.

The other was double dipping, working with another agency, and getting two paychecks.

The last one drove his car to the hospital and then walked to the gym, where he worked out for 2 hrs every day. I learned about it because one of my nurses worked out at the same gym and asked why he got to work out on company time.

I am OVER marketers. I am done with them, but I know I need them to increase my census, so I am calling you! You do it! I am not willing to risk my money ANYMORE!”

Gladly!

↑ How we feel when someone asks if we want to coach and manage their reps. ↑

 

We will gladly help you orient and onboard your marketers.

In addition, we will coach and train them weekly and hold them accountable.
We will become part of your leadership team!

We hear this story over and over from owners. Their marketers have failed them. But it’s not their fault they need a framework to orient and onboard a marketer.

Most owners were not taught sales management in school or in their professional careers. Our sales coaching program’s structure sets expectations, so everyone is on the same page, compresses time, and gets the rep to production quicker.

Managing marketers is a little like herding cats. And we LOVE herding cats!

Marketers must be independent and a self starter but often lack structure, planning, and time management skills, so they focus on “activity,” not “productivity.”

The HCS coaching and management program gives them the framework to have confidence in the planning to infuse their personality into the relationship development process.

Our framework consists of:

 

  • Orientation to Home Health, Hospice, or In-home care
    • Payment systems
    • Target Accounts
    • Eligibility criteria

 

  • Onboarding – the first 90 days to launch a rep to success
    • Weekly training and knowledge activities
    • Top 10 reasons to choose you
    • CRM included – documentation of best practices – how to set it and automate your sales success
    • How to answer “What do you do?” in a way everyone can understand and know when to reach out to you with a referral

 

  • Training and coaching – weekly checkpoints for training and coaching help the rep break through barriers and keep on target.
    • 52 wks of sales messages that get you high-value referrals RoadMap to Referrals in cluded
    • Live one on one coaching with a veteran marketer and manager
    • Small groups of peer coaching and community – other marketers in different states sharing “what’s working now.”

How does your framework compare to ours?

 

 

If you are frustrated with managing your marketer – we are here for you.

We LOVE herding cats!

We speak cat because we are cats!

Click here to book a free discovery call with Mike! 

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Together We Grow!
Melanie

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How is what you do like Patrick Mahomes?

Recently, I presented at the Home Health Administrators summit in Las Vegas. It was an extraordinary summit, and I am always grateful for the opportunity to be of service and share our experiences.

 

I heard a lot of statements like this: 

 

“We did ok through COVID, and now the COMPETITION is heating up!”

“The competitive marketers are coming out in DROVES.” 

“We enjoyed the relative ease of communication and relationship during COVID with our best referral sources, but NOW the other agencies marketers are back at our referrals sources and stealing market share.” 

 

I, too, have experienced this in one of our client’s agencies. The rep’s statement to me during the coaching call this week was

“The wolves are out, and they are following me.” 

 

WOW – a lot can change in just a few weeks as communities open up. As agencies hire staff, the marketing team is called on to increase the referrals and fill up the funnel!

This is where Home Care Sales shines. We know exactly what to do.

Below is a quick framework as you approach this quarter 2 (good thing you did your quarterly business review and know your plan for Q2 – if you didn’t, we have got you covered in our Sales Management and Coaching program – reach out to Mike@homecaresales.com to learn more.)

 

    • Review your data (Q1 YOY and over Q4)
    • Rank your referral sources
    • A great defense is a great offense – now is the time to go to your Top 25 referral sources and do your Improvement Process questions.
    • See any GAPs? List them and meet with your manager to see how we can bridge them.
    • Create a 3 step action plan for your Top 25 accounts

 

You can do this! Bulletproof your best accounts, and as my friend, Cheryl says, “lock them in a vault!”

If you are struggling – you don’t have to – we are here for you!

 

Need more ideas and tactics that work in the field?

 

Coaching could be precisely what you are looking for!

 

The best in the world –Patrick Mahomes– gets coaching every week to be at the top of his game. You can’t expect to show up on Sunday and play your best game if you are not practicing, studying, and scrimmaging. So you, too, have the opportunity to be at the top of your game!

 

Click here to book a free discovery call with Mike! 

 

Keep serving Seniors

Together We Grow!
Melanie

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