Ad Agency New Business Update: Cold Calling Isn’t Dead

It may be the most dreaded type of prospecting effort. Some claim it's dead. But, it still works.
by Todd Knutson  |   published on June 04, 2009

"I just got a call-back from International Paper."

Turns out this new business person made one introductory phone call to track down the appropriate person, left a voicemail message, sent

Read on...



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Robin  |  06/05/2009

HI Todd,  We’ve not met, although I do know Joshua Jackson, and have even given The List a mention on our blog.  I find The List a powerful tool.  As an appointment setter for various Fortune 500 & 1000 companies I can tell you that the cold calling part of new biz dev is still alive and well, but very much changed from even a year ago.  Firstly, there are a lot more of us out there vying for those “just 10 minutes” of the execs time.  However, selling an appointment for a company that actually has a widget is much easier than selling an appointment for a yet another branding or ad agency.  At the end of the day it’s all about relationship building, don’t you agree?  I know you’ve been to our blog (www.newbusinesspipeline.wordpress.com) but come again, and come often.  I think we’ve even added the subscription widgety thang you suggested.  Call US when you need cold-calling!

computer store  |  08/06/2011

We believe the reason for this is simple.  Think of the nature of each prospect; the inbound lead, while having most likely received communication from you at some point, is seeking you out.  Before you’ve had the chance to talk to them they have had the opportunity to check you out, check out your competition, and formulate their own opinions on your offering before you’ve ever spoken to them live.

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online computer store  |  08/18/2011

Our client One Source did not want to run this, but I have no such restriction on my own blog. Regarding my good friend Trish Bertuzzi of the Bridge Group, her post was the germination of the idea, but it is a totally custom article.


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Flowers  |  08/19/2011

Cold calling typically refers to the first telephone call made to a prospective customer. More unusually these days, cold calling can also refer to calling face-to-face for the first time without an appointment at commercial premises or households. Cold calling is also known as canvassing, telephone canvassing, prospecting, telephone prospecting, and more traditionally in the case of consumer door-to-door selling as ‘door-knocking’.

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Well the first problem is that one man’s “cold calling” in not another man’s. Some people define “cold calling” as any time you pick up a telephone to call someone you don’t already know. Other people define “cold calling” as when you pick up the phone to call someone you don’t know and you don’t anything about them or their company. corei 7

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