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7 Cold Calling Secrets Even Sales Gurus Don't Know
Ari Galper
More and more e-mails are arriving in my in-box from people who hate cold calling. Here’s what they’re saying:
“Cold calling terrifies me.”
“The phone feels like a 10,000-pound weight.”
“Every time I have to make a cold call, I freeze up.”
“I feel like a fraud when I’m cold calling.”
“I can’t take the rejection when I do cold calling. It just kills me.”
“I’ve gone from top producer to ‘hermit’ because of my mental brick wall
when it comes to cold calling.”
Cold calling the old way is a painful struggle.
But you can make it a productive and positive experience by changing your mindset and cold calling the new way.
To show you what I mean, here are 7 cold calling ideas that even the sales gurus don’t know.