Rather than just saying "hello" or immediately starting on your pitch, start your call by greeting the recipient professionally. Use the recipients name in your greeting, trying to remain as formal as possible. For example, try "Good morning/evening, mr./mrs./ms. ____." Afterwards, immediately introduce yourself by name and introduce your business. Use only your first name, unless you are the owner of the business. Say briefly what your business can do for them, but not exactly what you offer. For example, say "we save local businesses money" instead of "we offer cheap accounting services." This makes the recipient curious about exactly how you can save them money. In many cases, you will have a standard script to follow. However, it can be difficult to read off the script directly with any real fluidity, and you may lose your place if you are interrupted. To remedy this problem, memorize your script but only keep a list of key points in front of you. This will help you pick up your place and make your speech more natural. Thank them for taking your call. Promise that you won't waste their precious time and that you will soon let them get back to their busy schedule. Bring up the reason for your call as a question, like "would you be interested in a product that you could lower your accounting costs while maintaining the same quality?" Focus on what your product can do for them, not the product itself. If you're not talking to someone who can make business decisions, keep working until you get to them. Use questions to assess the prospect's needs and identify how your product or service can remedy them. When pitching your product or service, focus on the benefits you can provide your customer. Tell them how it can save them time or money, increase profits, or improve their lives and happiness. It may help to explain what your product has done for others, with numbers to back this up. If possible, describe your benefits in the same language (the same terms) in which your prospect described their problems. This builds trust between you. Have your prospect commit to a meeting for more information or to see your product or service in action. Ideally, you'd close the sale over the phone, but in many cases this is just not possible. If nothing else, encourage them to consider your proposition and give them contact information so that they can reach you if they decide they want to know more.
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One-sentence summary -- Have a standard, professional greeting. Follow a guide. Thank the recipient for their time. Identify the prospect's needs. Pitch your product. Make them commit.

No meat or dairy. Check on it every few hours. There should be a swarm of fruit flies in 3 hours or so. First, snap a lid on the jar, and then turn it upright. You can then follow the directions below to culture them, or feed them right away to your pet.
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One-sentence summary -- Put scraps of old fruit/vegetables in a large jar. Set the jar near a trash can or near a compost pile (without the lid, but make sure you've got one that fits tightly). Leave the jar there for several hours. When you've got a lot of fruit flies in the jar, you'll have to work quickly.

No child wants to feel weird or different from his friends. Help him realize that his allergy is not a big deal by making sure he will not have to read labels or talk about his allergy in front of his friends. Make a food plan for your child before he goes out with his friends and discuss it with him so that he knows what he will be eating in advance and won't have to think about it while he is out. For younger children that are not your own, speak with the parents who will be in charge of your child while he is out. Inform them of his food allergy and be very specific about what he can and cannot eat. Also make sure your child is well aware of what to do in case of an attack when he is out by himself. Food allergies can cause some children a great deal of anxiety. This is why it is important to always remain calm when talking about their allergy and to use a matter-of-fact tone when conveying information about the allergy.
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One-sentence summary -- Help your child to feel that he is normal and that his food allergy does not make him different. Be mindful of how you speak about your child's allergy.

Before you spray the paint onto the lacrosse head, give it 15-20 shakes up and down. This will mix the spray paint in the can. If you forget to shake the can, the webbing paint will come out unevenly and may not look very good on the dyed head. Since it's almost always black, the webbing paint will not take the color of liquid dye once you dye the lacrosse head. Purchase a can of webbing paint spray at any craft or hobby-supply store. It comes in a variety of colorsincluding black, red, green, and purpleso pick out whichever color you'd like. You can also set it up on a piece of disposable cardboard if you have cardboard around your home. The webbing spray that you'll use to create the marbling pattern on your lacrosse head can get pretty messy, so cover at least a 4 by 4 feet (1.2m 1.2m) area. Place the head at the center of the newspaper covering. You can use marbling in combination with the duct-tape color blocking, or you can skip those steps and just use the marbling technique. It's up to you; you can be as creative as you like when coloring your lacrosse head! Hold a can of webbing paint spray 3 feet (0.91m) away from the lacrosse head. Depress the button on top of the can to spray out the paint. It'll come out in an uneven, web-like spray. Move the spray nozzle back and forth so that the spray covers the entirety of the head. Let the webbing paint dry for about 2 hours before you dye it in your liquid dye mixture. If you're not sure whether or not the paint is dry, try tapping it with 1-2 fingers. If your fingers come away wet, give the paint another 30 minute to dry.
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Shake the can of webbing paint spray vigorously before using. Prop the lacrosse head in front of a sheet of newspaper. Spray webbing paint spray across the lacrosse head.