"Hey guys do you need a website ?" - "No we don't" Alright can I send you my contact ic case you need my services ?" - "Yes of course, on our website" 🤣You got me here
Ya that one didn't hit well. But I do prefer the "This is a cold call" version. I did that for 2 reasons: 1. Some people appreciate the straight-forwardness rather than beating around the bush. 2. I didn't want to waste their or my time, so anyone who wants to reject can do so immediately, and I can move into the next call. Also, I could be wrong. Sharing my experiences 🙂
For the last call: The problem I'm running into is the majority of the people in my niche are all word of mouth and most of them react exactly like that guy did. They just don't care about their site enough because they're doing fine from word of mouth. Obviously, you could let them know the potential of getting more leads/month, but if they can't handle the workload, why would they care? It's something I've been reflecting on for a while and I'm leaning into it being a niche issue, but not sure. Maybe I'm overthinking it and I just have to move on to the next prospect. Had a guy who I cold emailed, he asked to have a call about it, we talked and he was super hyped to get started, but he clearly stated he is built primarily off of referrals and he's booked up all the way into 2025 but he still really wanted to go ahead and get two sites made for two of his companies. Long story short, he ghosted me. Maybe it's just not a big enough pain point for them and I have to target a different one?
Ya I think you're right on about this. The key word you used is they're mostly "fine" with just word of mouth. The companies that want more than "just fine" will eventually need a performing website 99% of the time. So I might check in with those somewhat interested companies every 6 months or so, but it will take some negative event for them to make a decision about a website. I think cold calling generally has lower conversion rates than other lead gen methods, so it's not unexpected.
To be clear, this isn't how I normally find leads. This was more of an experiment for if I needed to find leads ASAP. You can see where I get a lot of my web design leads here: ua-cam.com/video/HFsp8sGpfAI/v-deo.html
I think you should allready look at their website before the call and then point out a problem you see on there or something important that's missing it would be a really great way to spark curiosity
I was calling local contractors. Not typically my #1 target customer, but I'd guess B2B businesses are less likely to be sold over the phone on a cold call.
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1:00 yeah literally not even proposing
"Hey guys do you need a website ?" - "No we don't"
Alright can I send you my contact ic case you need my services ?" - "Yes of course, on our website"
🤣You got me here
This is dope- that feeling of when they finally pick up the phone.
Right!?
You really gotta act like you know them and give value in the first 8-10 seconds.
thanks for the info and value u providing helping me alot cause im trying to balance doing video edting and website selling
Nice. Anything specific you like to hear about?
This is dope man. Love it. Definitely gonna give it a try. Honestly just to get rejected and feel more comfortable about that. Thanks for this,
🤘
Opening with 'do you allow cold calls?' is a bad idea; quite robotic and most folk dont even know what that means
Ya that one didn't hit well. But I do prefer the "This is a cold call" version. I did that for 2 reasons:
1. Some people appreciate the straight-forwardness rather than beating around the bush.
2. I didn't want to waste their or my time, so anyone who wants to reject can do so immediately, and I can move into the next call.
Also, I could be wrong. Sharing my experiences 🙂
@@RedPantherio say "sales call"
One of them actually wanted to just buy the website
For the last call: The problem I'm running into is the majority of the people in my niche are all word of mouth and most of them react exactly like that guy did. They just don't care about their site enough because they're doing fine from word of mouth. Obviously, you could let them know the potential of getting more leads/month, but if they can't handle the workload, why would they care? It's something I've been reflecting on for a while and I'm leaning into it being a niche issue, but not sure. Maybe I'm overthinking it and I just have to move on to the next prospect.
Had a guy who I cold emailed, he asked to have a call about it, we talked and he was super hyped to get started, but he clearly stated he is built primarily off of referrals and he's booked up all the way into 2025 but he still really wanted to go ahead and get two sites made for two of his companies. Long story short, he ghosted me.
Maybe it's just not a big enough pain point for them and I have to target a different one?
Ya I think you're right on about this. The key word you used is they're mostly "fine" with just word of mouth. The companies that want more than "just fine" will eventually need a performing website 99% of the time. So I might check in with those somewhat interested companies every 6 months or so, but it will take some negative event for them to make a decision about a website.
I think cold calling generally has lower conversion rates than other lead gen methods, so it's not unexpected.
Good work dude.
I realized that the majority of people you talked to are nice. Hahaha, keep going!
Yes, Minnesotans in general are not very confrontational.
To be clear, this isn't how I normally find leads. This was more of an experiment for if I needed to find leads ASAP. You can see where I get a lot of my web design leads here: ua-cam.com/video/HFsp8sGpfAI/v-deo.html
It's hard but not impossible ❤
WTG, dude!
I think you should allready look at their website before the call and then point out a problem you see on there or something important that's missing it would be a really great way to spark curiosity
Great idea 💡 I'll keep that in mind for a part 2.
Motivational!!
who are you calling? what was the niche?
I was calling local contractors. Not typically my #1 target customer, but I'd guess B2B businesses are less likely to be sold over the phone on a cold call.
The worst Cold calls I have ever heard : )
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