hi there,
are you phone calling or visiting cold calling ?
sales activity is a whole range of different actions, phoen calls, emails, leaflets, static adverts, web presence, etc.
prospective clients saying they havent got the money,is the easiest thing for them to say, everyoe can quote the resecession for not buying something.
how many calls have you made, over what time period ?
you need to keep a level head, and remain rocky steady when you are contating prospective clients.
a usual response is that they already have cleaners, -- of course they do, the next response is -- we are happy with them -- of course they are otherwise they would have changed,
ok so they have cleaners, and they are hapy with them, so your approach will then be, that you are looking to offer them a free quote so that when they review the cleaning, they then have your quote, when you get in front of the customer then you can start to find the missed items.
cold quoting is another way, a quote of an example to a prospective client may help.
an offer of 12 months for 11 may help.
hope these help
regards
martin