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<strong>Patrick Heidrich, owner, Sandler Training:</strong> It can be effective — if you have the right attitude and technique when making the calls. Some ...

A: Simply put, salespeople see cold calling as "sales-ish," and they fear rejection; it's deemed hard and awkward. Yes, it can be all those things. Just the phrase alone is one of the main reasons ...

Well, not "mad" so much as "incredibly brilliant." Dr. James Oldroyd (from the Korean business school SKK GSB) is probably the world's greatest expert on the measurement of cold calling. He examined ...

It is a common claim that networking is the key to success when you're building a commercial real estate business and career or trying to stay on top of the latest industry trends. Networking pins ...

Cold calling is still a widespread outreach strategy for many businesses today. But the process has become much harder over the past few decades. People now are less receptive and more resistant to ...

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Actors will tell you that the worst possible audition is something called a "cold reading." In a cold reading, the actor has no idea what kind of scene they will be asked to read for, who the ...

Cold outreach is still one of the most effective ways to build relationships, but success today comes down to personalization, brevity and leading with value rather than spam. Cold outreach is simply ...