The Integrity of Cold Outreach
jackson rodriguez
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I have been doing business development for nearly 10 years now and I have noticed that the integrity of cold outreach has only diminished over time.
Authentic cold calls are drowning in robo-spam calls, LinkedIn messages are often based on profile keywords, and prospects seem to be facing exhaustion from the increase in multi-channel touch points.
How do you break through this and forge a meaningful connection without a warm introduction or past history? I have my thoughts but have never tired to PH discussion so wanted to open it up and here if anyone has thoughts here :)
Cheers!
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Ethan John Pope@ethanjohnpope
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I am far from being an expert but if you are looking for authentic cold calls, with meaningful connections in the B2B industry, I invite you to check on Youtube by typing "Benjamin Live Prospecting Call", and clicking on the first video.
He is quite unique but I believe he got the best advice ever when it comes to cold calls.
Hope it helps! ;D
Your pitch is crucial, but so is the way you present it. When making a cold call, you need to pay attention to how your voice sounds.
Compliment the prospect specifically when doing cold dms. Works well for most niches.
Or alternatively, don't pitch a call right away, just ask questions related to the problem you're solving, then transition into explaining your proposed solution.
Well, I think everything depends on your pitch. You need to be "catchy", and you need to evoke positive emotions and not make a person bored or "fed up". Integrity is a very complex and important thing, but to be honest, I could never make any connection between cold outreach and integrity. And it's cool that I came across this thread because I need to write on integrity, and honestly, I had not a lot of ideas. I found this page https://graduateway.com/essay-examples/integrity/ with some examples, and in general, a few ideas appeared in my head, but I wasn't sure. Now, maybe I can write about the importance of integrity in that sphere; I think it will be something interesting. But still, I have some time to think better about everything.