How to Open a Cold Call So the Person Does Not Get Defensive
Every cold-call script you have been handed opens by asking if they want to sell. That question tells the other person to put their guard up before you have said anything worth hearing.
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Every cold-call script you have been handed opens by asking if they want to sell. That question tells the other person to put their guard up before you have said anything worth hearing.
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