UserNotFound

Account Executive

Wild idea that most of you will hate

SO MANY posts asking about cold call openers. What if there was a way to post a phone number and we all call and give our cold call opener as a recording, those audio files get posted, and we can get feedback from the group? The assumptions would be everyone's name is Steve and works for Buffalo Bills Lotions (anything works as long as it's not real so there's no accidental doxxing of yourself) then the rest of the info would be specific to your product/company so it's your actual pitch without being too identifiable.

Idk how this would work in practice, I'm spitballing here.

Heres what I do know- iron sharpens iron, and I'd rather a critique from you lot than my manager who hasn't stepped foot in the field in 15yrs.

What are your thoughts?

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braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I know you didn't expect me to call you today.
Do you mind if i take 30 seconds.
I'll tell you why I called you specifically
Then you can tell me whether or not it makes sense for us to speak?
Typically when i talk to {other people like you}
They struggle with {pain}
Which results in {business impact}
What we do is ... {elevator pitch}
Sound even moderatley interesting?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Nice script. And without a voice recording. 😏

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I sound like Barry White

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I just read that in Barry White’s voice. Nice.

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

So the idea isn't terrible at all, however everyone sells such different products in here so I believe the "coaching" would have to be segmented based on target vertical and persona. Quite frankly it could be a great way to form a coaching business for organizations. repository of calls over a course of 2 weeks reviewed and coached for improvement.

UserNotFound

Politicker

Account Executive

Yeah, but I’m thinking more in the mechanics of how much time do you waste with “hi how are ya” BS, how clearly you communicate, too quick/slow to ask for the meeting, etc.

Less specific to the product and more on the anatomy of a cold call in general. Ya know?

Although I do think I may have just created a new product for Bravado to sell. Hahaha

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Yes, even the anatomy though is dependent on persona. The anatomy of a call to someone in marketing/sales is highly likely to be very different than someone in the technology/engineering/dev space. although the goal is the same the way you approach the call is likely very different.

UserNotFound

Politicker

Account Executive

I agree, totally! I meant to put that you’d start by mentioning WHO you’re contacting (role) but, apparently I missed that sentence. Ha.

You’re absolutely right that depending on persona, your approach can/should change. But that’s precisely why I think crowdsourcing critiques is good bc we have ppl who sell to all different personas in here. Rather than it being a single source who has limited experience, leverage the array in here.

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Yes, also the people reviewing should have to somehow prove they've successfully done this in the past and not be some douchebag influencer from Linkedin. Also no Gong reps can be judges. I have spoken

UserNotFound

Politicker

Account Executive

🙌🏻 louder for the people in the back! 😂

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

I agree with your last statement! Hearing ppls tone and HOW they deliver the script could be helpful…..idk if i would do it though haha.

punishedlad

Tycoon

Business Development Team Lead

A huge ego boost for me is watching Corps cold call reenactments and hearing how folks at other orgs are talking. I'm usually pretty underwhelmed and end up feeling more confident in my own tone hahaha

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

FOR SURE! so many times im impressed with how the AE/rep keeps their cool, but also find my self thinking "bro that call sucked" haha

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

I like the idea, not sure how we execute. We do a lot of in person presentations in my industry, and practicing to do them on video that you can play back and watch you cadence, timing, movement, etc was always helpful.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

You're right. I don't like it.

But that's ok. Throwing new ideas on the pile is good.

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Hi, GDO from XXX here. I know you do not have a lot of time so I'll just come to it. The reason I call is ...

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Wild idea that most of you will hate

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