ThatNewAE

Account Executive - Mid enterprise

Valued Contributor

I don't think cold calls work as much these days! Don't kill me.

Unless your cold call opening statements are bomb, you have a night-DJ voice or your company is a big shot, I don't think cold calls are working as much.

Before you tell me how shitty a cold caller I am, or that I am doing something wrong - I know that already. I'm talking more as a cold call receiver.

Let me start here:

There are bots calling randomly with no qualification, no research done, no relevance most of the time. I got a call today from a BOT selling me WHEELCHAIR. Now you tell me why should I be needing a wheel chair, unless there's someone they appointed to break my legs when I step out.

I then got a call from a lady who called me to ask if I need pregnancy insurance cover. I freaked out so much that I took a test, just to be sure, because why on earth did I receive that call ? I asked the lady, rather politely, as to why she called me. And she went bazooka "MADAM THIS IS COMPANY POLICY TO CALL ALL WOMEN IN MY LIST. DON'T ASK ME, ASK THE FIRM. DON'T ARGUE". While she has a point, but wtf?

I don't think I have received a good cold call in ages now. That makes me pick up all unknown numbers with a frowning face and a sense of annoyance. If that's me (who's usually polite to cold callers), I am sure it's every second person out there.

Considering these points, I don't think cold calls will yield just the same result anymore. Blame them bots and automated dialers!

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saaskicker

Celebrated Contributor

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Enterprise AE

Going to plug HBO show: Telemarketers, will give you some insight into the industry and some of the tactics/greed behind these calls to everyone/anyone.

NoGoodAtThis

Politicker

2

Sales rep

I've enjoyed this show a lot. What a wild world

Sunbunny31

Politicker

1

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Oh, thanks for the reminder. Been looking for a new binge.

jefe

Arsonist

0

🍁

Haven't heard of this but will have to check it out.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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🦊

Hol up. She done TOLT you not to argue??? AWE HELL NAW

ThatNewAE

Big Shot

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Account Executive - Mid enterprise

And she hung up that mofo phone on my face. Yes. That’s what she did.

ThatNewAE

Big Shot

2

Account Executive - Mid enterprise

And the fact being, I remember nothing about where she was calling from ! :/

jefe

Arsonist

1

🍁

That was my favourite part of this post.

Pachacuti

Politicker

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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Your personal experience of being of the receiving end of cold calls is no indication that they don’t work.

But your post reads more like a FB post than anything.

ThatNewAE

Big Shot

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Account Executive - Mid enterprise

I have no doubt that you still use Facebook. 🥲👀

HVACexpert

Politicker

1

sales engineer

What’s a Facebook?

FoodForSales

Politicker

0

AE

ohhhhh....deep cut lol

oldcloser

Arsonist

5

💀

That wasn't a bot selling a wheelchair. That was me!

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

6

☕️

Thanks for that Hoveround. I finally go to see the Grand Canyon!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

7

🦊

Ghost ride that shit

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

4

☕️

Those two ladies are ghosts for sure.

GDO

Politicker

3

BDM

good cold calls work, bad ones don't. It's that simple!

Space_Ghost20

Valued Contributor

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Account Executive

I don't think cold calling is supposed to be a magic bullet that solves everything. When used as part of a multi-touch sequence that includes other avenues of communication (email, LinkedIn) the idea is that one of these touchpoints will resonate and lead to a meeting. You should do cold calling, but also combine it with other things.

DataCorrupter

Politicker

2

Account Executive

I wanna play devil's advocate here. What if everyone is experiencing the same thing, terrible cold calls, so when you call and you're actually good they're refreshing to the prospect? And the call goes well?

DataCorrupter

Politicker

3

Account Executive

Also, I can't get over that a bot would call and say "hello I would like to sell you...WHEELCHAIR"

That's hilarious.

Diablo

Politicker

1

Sr. AE

Agree but the good thing is you still get results (though not the same as before)

HVACexpert

Politicker

0

sales engineer

So you obviously bought the wheelchair right? How’s it working with your new pregnancy insurance?

Beans

Big Shot

0

Enterprise Account Executive

If you think bots are overwhelming the phones what do you think they're doing to email outreach?

ApocalyBoom

Politicker

0

Account Executive

It is not a factory that sells wheelchairs. its me!

TommyShelby

Good Citizen

0

Account Exec

Think the problem here is not cold calling, but LAZY cold calling. As with any sales channel, if you talk/write the same as everyone else, you're going to get lost in the crowd. Lazy email outreach or marketing is equally as ineffective.

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