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title: Prospecting this Summer? - ActionCOACH
description: No one wants to be bothered It’s too hot It’s a beautiful day; everyone is out No one is thinking about work Prospects are getting ready to go on va
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# [Prospecting this Summer? - ActionCOACH](https://www.actioncoach.com/articles/blog/prospecting-this-summer)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.actioncoach.com/articles/author/admin) | Nov 1, 2024 10:24:30 AM

1. No one wants to be bothered
2. It’s too hot
3. It’s a beautiful day; everyone is out
4. No one is thinking about work
5. Prospects are getting ready to go on vacation
6. Everyone is on vacation
7. Prospects are just returning from their vacations
8. I’m preparing to go on vacation
9. I’m on vacation
10. I’ve just returned from vacation
11. My assistant is on vacation
12. Their assistant is on vacation
13. No one is in on Mondays
14. No one is in on Fridays
15. Prospects are catching up midweek
16. Prospects leave the office early
17. Prospects go to the office late
18. Prospects take long lunches
19. No one makes appointments until after July 4th
20. No one makes appointments until after Labor Day

Print this list out. Send it to your competition. They will think it is true! Then, get on the telephone!

Life and work continue, even in the summer! If it’s too hot, then your prospects will be in their nice, air-conditioned offices — where you should be, too, making calls. If it is a beautiful day, some people may be out.

The rest will not.

Everyone is not on vacation every day. If you happen to call someone who is on vacation, call them back when they return. If they are planning a vacation, schedule the meeting for when they return. If they have just returned from their vacation, schedule for a time when they say they will be caught up. If you are going on vacation, schedule for when you return.

Prospects are in the office on Mondays and Fridays, early and late. They are frequently at their desks during lunch — especially when you are calling the boss.

Prospects make appointments all summer long, just as they do in the fall, winter and spring. If a prospect asks you to call back after a holiday, suggest that you “pencil in a meeting for after the holiday.”

Promise that you will call to confirm it and then do so!

Have a wonderful prospecting summer!

**About ActionCOACH**

[*Brad Sugars*](http://www.aboutbradsugars.com/)* founded the brand Action International in 1993 when he realized there was a disconnect between business advice and implementation. The answer was Action! *[*Brad Sugars*](http://bradsugarsblog.com/brad-sugars-2/)* created a business coaching company so that business owners throughout the world can realize their goals in business. Today the company is known as [**ActionCOACH**](https://www.actioncoach.com/). To learn more about business, visit *[*Brad Sugars*](http://bradsugarsblog.com/brad-sugars-2/)* Review blog!*

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