Is your fear of picking up the phone failing you in business?

picking up the phone, randomly calling someone and then selling to them is a fundamental pillar of a succesfull salesman. If you think you can become successful at this game without ever cold calling someone you might aswell forget it.

the reason i created this thread was because i hear many people ask this question again and again 'how can i start in offline marketing without using the phone' you get alot of answers but to be frank there all rubbish and will never make you a successful entrepreneur, some say 'why dont you outsource it', but just think to your self if you cant speak on the phone to someone how are you going to speak to them in there face when you go to sell to them.

I had this exact problem, i'm not much of a talkative person and hate using the phone, the idea of cold calling just freightened me however i knew if i wanted to be a successful entrepreneur i needed to develop unstopable confidence and there are ways to do that, best will is to join the local toastmasters club. However if you want to quickly develop your confidence on the phone then here is the shortcut and its very simple nothing like rocket science.

After numerous attempts at cold calling i just kept failing because when i was dialing the numbers the fear inside me got bigger and bigger and i just stoped at put the phone down without going any further, this fear almost destoryed me so. So one day i thought enought is enought and to make it easy i made scripts and a plan and practised them on my computer mic and then listened to how i sounded so i can correct myself. It only took 2 days and after that i finanly got on the phone to cold call, on the first call i was sweating, on the second call i was still very nervous, on the third call my face was still red, but i kept going and thought to myself the worst what could happen is that i will get a 'no' and no one is going to bite me, so i carried on and it gained me good practised after the tenth call it was going very well and infact i start enjoying it, the fear was over. Now after 2 days of numerous and discussions on the phone i am more confident speaking on the phone then ever before i am now enjoying it so much i just dont want to stop. Practise makes perfect its almost like magic.