Uncover a gem to anchor immediately with that individual on the phone. Real Estate Jam Session Podcast guest Richard Blank Costa Rica's Call Center. Richard Blank: So I was just the sell the sizzle. Come into the tent. Yep. Greatest show on earth, kinda guy, . Joe Killinger: Now how many calls, you know, we always get how many calls is, is, I'm sure it varies between commercial an

I was just thinking to myself, my first job was not in a call center, but I worked for a, uh, insurance guy. Okay. And he wanted me to call for expiration dates. Sure. And I still remember the, the, uh, um, script that I had that. Hi, my name is Kevin McDonald and I'm calling on behalf of Don Kramer. You're a local farmer's insurance agent. And we would like to know when your, uh

Louisiana Country Boy: And what you just said is so true. You know, uh, for me, I said that, you know, the pandemic, I looked at a little bit different here. Mm-hmm. for me, I, I said that what happened was now the people that have been wearing the mask all the time, you can actually see the mask. Cause that's what people were doing. People have been wearing mask for so long. Um, faking it a

Louisiana Country Boy: Can you please if it's okay, and again, just tell the people about the other side of Richard I, not the personal side, not the business side of Richard, the business side of Richard. I mean, I mean, you ain't got to now. You ain't got to you. You know, you tell me. I, Well, Richard Blank: it's my pleasure. I, you know, I'm a CEO of a, of a biling

Well, I know you say of course, but that is a very enlightened viewpoint. There are a lot of companies that just don't operate that way. There are CEOs that cannot find their way to the employee lunchroom. I'm willing to bet that, you know, your way there, not only that I know everybody's name and besides that, I have a gamification culture here. So I play pinball and Pacman with

Oh, exactly. Well at the, at the, at its core. Sure. This is all about relationships has to be, and it is amazing to me. How, in 30 seconds you can build a relationship or begin a relationship with somebody to keep them on the phone. Cuz that, that, how do you teach them? How do you teach your, your, your folks? To start building that relationship right away. That is why you have the best podca

and that will buy you success at the same time. That's true because, because the more that you build a relationship with somebody and, and, and treat them like a, a real person, the, the one I always hate is when I get a, um, um, telemarketing call. And the first thing that happens is I pick up the. There's a delay. Now I realize that that delay is because it's an automated, uh,

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Richard Blank: You custom make it and you compliment a promotion or an anniversary and, and you really just take that extra effort that will separate it. And I have seen a larger conversion ratio of emails coming back from those. Not just, it just Joe Killinger: doesn't work. Yeah. It's, it's personalizing. It is. You know, we even, I've even tried doing a personal note aft

And it's interesting that call centers would have, well, actually it makes a lot of sense that call centers would have a high stress level and a lot of turnover because of that high stress level. And I, I can only imagine what it's like to get on the phone all day, eight hours a day and get hung up on like a bunch and stuff. Does that. Well, it really depends on the vertical that you&

Good Lord. I had no idea how complicated this whole whole system is. And, but at the end of the day, when somebody gets trained, like you're talking about, they can do anything and go anywhere and sell anything. And because they get it, they, they understand how it all works. Well, just like you see in the movies of the Wolf of wall street, Glen Gary, Glen Ross, or the closing scenes in boile

Dr. Jeremy Weisz: Will you, when you do the outbound uh, calls, will you also do emails and texts as well? Or is that, or the company handling those things and you're following up with the call? Richard Blank: It really all depends. Um, a lot of the times we're logging into their system, so something is automated or if they're not doing it, I would make a suggestion to do it, ju

Richard Blank: You're probably gonna get to the front of the line and you will be given your true chance to state your case and to earn this business. Joe Killinger: Yeah. How often do you, if you, you can't get through two or three or four times, how often do you call them back? Every two weeks. Three weeks? Richard Blank: That's a great question. Richard Blank: Depends

Dr. Jeremy Weisz: Just as far as a quality over quantity, I mean the quality interactions over, yeah, we can go ahead and, and call a thousand people, but maybe we research, uh, and call 200 people and have a closer connection. It's more targeted. Richard Blank: I would prefer you do the thousand, but instead of doing 150 calls a day, I'd rather you do about a buck 20. Richard Bla

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Now I believe that the people that, uh, have had, they grew up with like, not a lot are very gifted and very hardworking human beings. Have you found that to be true with the folks down there? Absolutely. I, I do know that this is a very strict Catholic country, so we're very selective of the campaigns they take. But I, I do know this, that when someone is treated with. And dignity, and th

Now I believe that the people that, uh, have had, they grew up with like, not a lot are very gifted and very hardworking human beings. Have you found that to be true with the folks down there? Absolutely. I, I do know that this is a very strict Catholic country, so we're very selective of the campaigns they take. But I, I do know this, that when someone is treated with. And dignity, and th

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It it's a it's remarkable, isn't it? Um, it is. I had, um, when I was a general manager of a restaurant in Seattle, mm-hmm we had what we called the Mexican pipeline. Okay. And one of the, one of the guys that was working as a bus boy for me at, for 40 hours a week, and then he had another job working 40 hours a week. And he was a, he had been a principal in Mexico of, of a h

It's amazing. I I've talked to a lot of people that have traveled internationally. I haven't had the ability to, yet. I plan on doing it at one point in time, but I will, I don't think I'm not gonna no. So, but what they tell me is that when you leave this country and you go elsewhere, mm-hmm, people who have nothing. And I mean, nothing mm-hmm can still be happy. It. A

Should that have lost their way. We have, we have those encampments here now. And, uh, and it's, it's a, it is a big problem here. And it's because we, as a people, don't take care of each other as, as well as we should. Um, and, and there is some drug abuse and there is some, you know, uh, stuff like that, but. it's interesting that if that people will, you know, give

Richard Blank: Enhanced communication. Joe Killinger: Yeah. I You get it. Um, who is your, What does your typical client look like? Richard Blank: Well, there's two types. Okay. It could be someone like yourself in the United States that needs to scale, and sometimes it's difficult to find qualified individuals that will meet your requirements in the states. Richard Blank: Yep

Exactly and, and you're growing it enough that you can have a bunch of games that we're gonna talk about here in just a minute. but, uh, um, I, I wanted to, to ask you, because I believe that at least in, in the United States, actually listening is a lost art. And a lot of, I was a sales manager for a long time. Mm-hmm and I had sales guys that I would go on calls with and they would

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And I can tell you from my experience in, in management, that when you treat people well, you treat people fairly. Uh, they tend to want to stay there. They tend to tell their friends and family, Hey, you should come work where I am. We really like it there. And your turnover goes down. Your productivity goes up and your, your company culture becomes a very positive thing. And there's some