Comments on: The Sales Pitch, Take 1 http://babygorillas.com/the-sales-pitch-take-1 A Blog for Entrepreneurs Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:33:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jefferson http://babygorillas.com/the-sales-pitch-take-1/comment-page-1#comment-5 Jefferson Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:35:17 +0000 http://babygorillas.com/?p=613#comment-5 <> I dont agree with these 2 premises, but I understand that you are simplifying. If I make a cold call to a company or person that is not interested...how am I 'allienating them forever?' If the prospect is not a viable prosepct, I dont WANT to call them again (hardly alienating) and if the prospect IS a viable prospect, then I'll be back in touch with an offer more geared to their specific needs. The people I most want to do business with may or may not respond to this approach. No matter what your marketing methods are, it starts with the candidate not knowing anything about you and you trying to get them interested. Be it a call, a postcard, a TV ad whatever...you have to make the first move. No one RELISHES making 150 cold calls a day (well...I'm sure someone, somewhere does...) but in my career I HAVE formed successful, profitable business relationships from them. And in some other cases I did not close a sale but I gained important information I needed for calling elsewhere in the market. Sorry..I enjoy concise blog posts, but this one was so concise that it over simplified and therefore didnt make the mark. (Just my opinion) <>

I dont agree with these 2 premises, but I understand that you are simplifying.

If I make a cold call to a company or person that is not interested…how am I ‘allienating them forever?’ If the prospect is not a viable prosepct, I dont WANT to call them again (hardly alienating) and if the prospect IS a viable prospect, then I’ll be back in touch with an offer more geared to their specific needs.

The people I most want to do business with may or may not respond to this approach. No matter what your marketing methods are, it starts with the candidate not knowing anything about you and you trying to get them interested. Be it a call, a postcard, a TV ad whatever…you have to make the first move.

No one RELISHES making 150 cold calls a day (well…I’m sure someone, somewhere does…) but in my career I HAVE formed successful, profitable business relationships from them. And in some other cases I did not close a sale but I gained important information I needed for calling elsewhere in the market.

Sorry..I enjoy concise blog posts, but this one was so concise that it over simplified and therefore didnt make the mark. (Just my opinion)

]]> By: Mike http://babygorillas.com/the-sales-pitch-take-1/comment-page-1#comment-4 Mike Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:52:44 +0000 http://babygorillas.com/?p=613#comment-4 Great analogy and so true. Curious to see how you'd "qualify" those cold calls... Great analogy and so true. Curious to see how you’d “qualify” those cold calls…

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