tikibarrister
Guru
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My phone rang this morning.
Caller: "Hi this is James from Example Insurance and I'm calling today to discuss life insurance. Can I ask you how old you are?"
What an awful cold calling opening line:
Anyway, the call continued:
Me: "Well James, I'm a life insurance agent myself. How's the grind going tod--"
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Well, OK. I guess you could look at that the ultimate efficiency - no sale possible, move on to the next call with maximum speed - but I would have at least thank you before hanging up. I mean, he could have at least pitched me to join his downline!
Caller: "Hi this is James from Example Insurance and I'm calling today to discuss life insurance. Can I ask you how old you are?"
What an awful cold calling opening line:
- Mentions insurance twice (once in the company name, which was something-something-insurance). Insurance isn't a dirty word but hardly something that makes people immediately want to talk to you.
- Says he wants to "discuss" with me, which sounds like a long conversation.
- Asks me how old I am, which isn't much of a rapport-builder. Call a bunch of middle-aged women and ask them how old they are as an opener and see how you do.
Anyway, the call continued:
Me: "Well James, I'm a life insurance agent myself. How's the grind going tod--"
<click>
Well, OK. I guess you could look at that the ultimate efficiency - no sale possible, move on to the next call with maximum speed - but I would have at least thank you before hanging up. I mean, he could have at least pitched me to join his downline!