I’ve been cold emailing for 3 months but started cold calls this week and i set myself 5 calls per day for 2 weeks, since it’s one of my biggest fear.
It was so scary… I didn’t get any appointments. Got a " we already have…" and a " She’s not there at the moment, leave her a email" and i sent 3 voicemails.
My voice was literally shaking. I know i got to improve my opener " script " but yeah i understand why people say that cold calling is the most difficult sales skill to develop. Considering that i’m a french Canadian and literally calling english Canadian and American.
Even if 5 calls is a pathetic number. I’m still proud since i was really scared of just pressing the button " Dial"
Cold calling is so scary
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Meditation will help a lot.
In general, the best thing you can do is prepare. A lot of this is how you spend your free time. Building confidence in yourself when not working helps.
Being well researched on the specifics of the call helps a lot as well. Know as much as you can about who you’re calling beforehand. Put yourself in their shoes.
Part of building confidence in yourself is liking yourself. The more you like yourself and feel comfortable in who you are, the more authentic you come off, which is the best way to put people at ease these days (well, not all people, but a lot).
Learn to be okay with rejection. Rejection isn’t failure, it’s a part of your job. Literally. More rejection means you’re making more calls and is actually a potential sign of success.
After getting rejected hundreds of times, it barely affects you anymore, especially if you know that it’s okay.
Yeah! i’m more hype up when i get rejected. I don’t know why but rejection motivated me to get better because i know there’s people who was unskilled just like me and they managed to get better. Like now i know that i suck, im not good so with repetitions i will get good eventually – this is my mindset going into this
And i have time because i run my business on my own so i got time to learn and make mistakes.
Thank you very much bro for your advice i will take it carefully and apply it.
Good job picking up the phone.
Message me your script, I will help you with it.
Then i’m gonna have you get on the phone and do one hundred calls without stopping… Well, you can take a break every twenty five.
The only way to overcome it is to do it to go through it.You’re gonna suck at it in the beginning, and that’s why you have to get high volumes.
I’ve been doing cold calling for over twenty five years, and i’ve got over a million cold calls under my belt. I built an 8 figure company and took over the entire market. Share for my commercial truck parts, all solo cold calling.
Holy smokes. It’s not that scary. Maybe try practicing by calling normal places and asking questions. But it shouldn’t feel different making these calls than it does calling a restaurant about making reservations