Three interesting things about cold calling

Written by Jim Logan

Monday, 14 July 2008 20:08

Here's three interesting things about cold calling:

Most of us hate it
Most of us look for alternatives
And most of us will go to bed tonight wishing someone today made 50 calls to prospective accounts on our behalf

And by the the time we think about this for a few days, we wish 150 calls would have been made.

Written on Monday, 14 July 2008 20:08 by Jim Logan

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