Continuing from the last Post

Here are some conversation starters for you:

• (FIRST!!!!!:  Be safe, Be smart, Be Wise!)
• “Long day huh …how has it been?”
• “That’s a nice bag/t-shirt/name/car/hair style/color…”  followed by,
• (with a warm smile!!!)

• 

  “I like it, looks expensive, bet you got a good deal on it right?”

• “Is that your favorite color?”
  • I  once asked a lady (a stranger) who had “Queen” on her t-shirt:
    • “What does that say?  Are you the ‘queen’?”
      • “You must have everything you need!”
      • And the conversation went on from there!
      • By the end of the conversation, I met her family, and a new and very important contact  for my ministry!
• “I like (model of car), what has been your experience since you got it?”
• “Is that your favorite, what do you like about it?”

The key is to remember to keep the focus on the other persons in a genuine way.

Some more pointers:  Remember, it’s not about you it’s all about them,

• Yes, them, that total stranger!
• People want to know you care
• People want someone to talk to and who will listen
  • Someone I know who works retail and says
    • it is amazing how customers open up and talk
      • about their lives
        • when they know they have a listening ear!
• Be interested in them in a non-threatening and genuine way
• Ask open ended questions
  • Questions that start with “What”, “How” “Where” etc.
  • Questions that allow the person to express themselves
    • Not just answer with a “yes” or “no”.
• If someone has a name tag on
  • say at the cash register, a bank teller, an attendant, or a wait staff
  • call them by their name and
    • smile, look them in the eye as you speak to them!
• As always, be safe!
• Lets’s do this!!!
• You can do it!