Cold calling is a sales strategy that involves phoning a potential customer unsolicited in the hopes of getting them to buy your goods or services. Granted, cold calling isn’t always the most popular ...

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 ...

Cold calling usually isn’t a part of what real estate agents look forward to, but it still works if you do it right. Picking up the phone and having a direct conversation is one of the quickest ways ...

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These practical cold calling tips will help you and your team hit quotas early, maximize your time, and get better results. I understand why some people are too afraid to make cold calls — it’s hard, ...

President of the Nashville office of Dalton Agency, Jeff is a former journalist with 30+ years of experience as a PR professional. Everyone—certainly every business owner—gets cold sales calls. No one ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Cold calling can seem daunting. You have a list of numbers to call each day, and you may find that your calls go to voicemail more often ...

Not many people in any profession enjoy making cold calls to potential clients, but a venture capital-backed technology startup hopes to make it a little easier for real estate agents. The tool also ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There’s a scene in the movie Wolf of Wall Street where Leonardo DiCaprio is talking about telephones and says, See those little black ...

The start of 2022 not only marks a new year but also the graduation year of the MBA Class of 2022. As they begin their last semester, we asked EC (second-year) students about their first cold call, ...