You can have the absolute shittiest elevator pitch/cold opener ever and you can still close deals.

Curious how many of you share this in common; When your intro is a disaster but you still get what you want out of the call because you made the fucking call to begin with. I'm telling you these younger generations are at a huge disadvantage because they fear the phone to the point of not dialing. But the secret is this: The most important part of the cold call is just making the GD call in the first place. Feel that fear, use that shit, close that sale.

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Rallier
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SDR Manager and Consultant
I don't know why you think it's the younger generation that fear the phones. Cold call resistance isn't a new thing
funcoupons
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True that. Almost my whole company is millennials and Gen Xers and we are very phone focused.ย 
TheRealPezDog
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True, it is a little ageist of me to assume that, Iโ€™ve just seen this a little.
CoorsKing
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Retired King of the Coors Knights
Agreed. I have stumbled my way through some cold calls, and still sourced solid pipe that ends up closing. It is all a relevance game... the more someone hears my company, regardless how shitty my elevator pitch is, eventually they will have a pain that aligns and I will either be top of mind or currently dialing them.
funcoupons
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Most sales people are horrible at cold calls because most sales people are horrible at their job in general. So even if you can crank out a decent/average cold pitch, it's still better compared to what your prospects usually hear.ย 
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Who is that One Prospect that you're going to keep chasing no matter if they never call you back (be specific or not)?

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What's the most cheeky cold call opener you've ever heard/used?

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It's the end of the sales cycle (Oct 31) and a prospect is *this* close โ€“ do you EVER mention that as a way to urge the sale along?

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