Conquering the dreaded "cold call”

I know it might seem hard to believe, but here is yet another example of how a small change in perspective can make something that once seemed “torturous” a lot more bearable, and possibly even exciting.

One of my Marketing Group members, Janet Mobley has shared a small victory when it comes to direct outreach. She said:

I made several "cold" calls this morning. And guess what....they weren't that bad!!

Right now, I'm not calling on my newly defined target market.  I'm calling on a bunch of leads I've had sitting in my CRM for a while. 

I've used cold calls in the past with some mixed results, but I've always dreaded them. 

This time I approached the calls from Ilise's perspective of a "direct outreach".  It really took the pressure off when I adjusted my expectations & goals for each call.

My two main goals for today were:

1.    Get over terror of "cold calling"

2.    Try to gain some tiny bit of info from each call so I could add that info to my database (decision maker's name, verify address, etc)

Hooray!!  I achieved both goals and it wasn't horrible.

I'm using my existing list as a "warm up" and practice for my new target market. I figured it'd be nice to make mistakes on ice cold leads from my database...before I start calling on my actual target market.

It truly was a matter of adjusting my attitude.  I've now set a goal to make at least 5 calls per day and I'm sort of looking forward to tomorrow's calls.  Crazy, huh?

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