What are best cold call openers?

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Fenderbaum
Politicker
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Retired Choirboy๐Ÿช•
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antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
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Bravado's Resident Asshole
๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Dropping that on my next batch of cold emails.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Damn I love some Lionel.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
That smooth, smooth voice. I can hear this image.
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
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Bravado's Resident Asshole
Hi my name is Bob.
braintank
Politicker
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Enterprise Account Executive
Hi
bendandsnack
Politicker
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Account Exec
I always start with "hey, it's xxx from xxxx. you might hate me because this is a cold call. did you wanna hang up or can we talk for a second?" 9/10x it at least gets a chuckle
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
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Sales Rep
I know I am calling out of the blue, did I catch you at a bad time
GALACTIC
Politicker
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Account Executive
keep it simple, this is mine too
KendallRoy
Politicker
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AM
My go to as an SDR was pretending they were warm. Worked almost every time.

โ€œHi X, itโ€™s X from X. Howโ€™s it going? Looks like itโ€™s been a while since weโ€™ve spoken with you, have I got you at a good time? Great, wonโ€™t take long. Like I said itโ€™s been a while. Does X ring a bell or do I need to jog your memory? All good, I can barely remember what I did last month sometimes. To jog your memory, *insert pitch and questions*โ€

Iโ€™d say 1% or less would challenge me using this format saying theyโ€™d never spoken with the company before.
Herb
Fire Starter
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Account Executive
Depending on how my day was going:
Hi this is Bob with xyz, howโ€™s your hand doing?
Customer: who is this?
Me: Bob with XYZ!
Customer: what about my hand?
Me: we reached our awhile back, and never heard back, so I figured you mustโ€™ve broken your hand, cause Iโ€™ve not heard back from you!!

Not for everyone, but Iโ€™ve had somewhat results, got plenty more if you let me know your Idea customer is!
SDM
Politicker
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Sales development manager
Hi Prospect, I am calling you out of blue but would you spend 20 seconds with me and I'll tell why I called. After you can decide if it make sense to talk more
Epad
Executive
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Snr Business Development Executive
I've been using something like this one recently and had positive responses
Douglo
Opinionated
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Sr Account Executive
"Hi Prospect, this is Douglo with Company. I was reading your investor report and noticed Company is trying to achieve goal this year. We help companies achieve goal and I wanted to have a quick chat about how we can do the same for Company. Am I catching you at a good time?"

Substitute "I saw you posted, I saw on your website, I saw you worked at x company, etc."
SoccerandSales
Big Shot
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Account Executive
I would go with โ€œHi my name is ___ with ___, have you heard of *insert company* before?โ€
Ultraviolet010
Good Citizen
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SDR (Sales Development Rep)
Something to the effect of asking for 37 seconds of their time.
jefe
Arsonist
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Hi _________, this is Jefe with [company]. You were not expecting my call. Do you have a moment? I promise to be brief
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