If you’ve found this, then you are probably dreading the fact that you are about to start cold calling. Firstly, don’t panic, with a few tips cold calling will become second nature to you. There are many people, that at some point in their lives will be given the task of cold calling a list of potential clients to set up an appointment , sell a product or service over the phone. From the company director all the way to the trainee sales assistant.
In this post I am going to touch briefly on a couple of things I have learned over the last 20 years that I have been in sales.
Most of my sales career has been face to face, where I meet with the decision makers, so my points are not theory but based on actual interaction and experience with people.
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