Cold-calling sucks
I spent a
large portion of time last week going through past
contacts and entering them into my address book
program, sorting everyone out by field of occupation,
etc. I then sent emails to each of my groups trying
to drum up some business for Mr. Menu.
That's over 700 contacts. Anything back?
No. Nope. Nothing. Nada.
Now I am looking down the barrel of a week of phone calls to folks whom have recently watched the bulk of their retirement plans be vacuumed out from under them, and ask them to throw a few hundred bucks at something that *might* or might not help their business. It should help - it's essentially distributing business cards to thousands of potential customers for only a few cents each.
I don't like the phone - not looking forward to this week. If you'd like to advertise in Mr. Menu (currently I have space in the Southfield Grill and Shane's menus) give me a shout - I can work a magic deal for you.
No. Nope. Nothing. Nada.
Now I am looking down the barrel of a week of phone calls to folks whom have recently watched the bulk of their retirement plans be vacuumed out from under them, and ask them to throw a few hundred bucks at something that *might* or might not help their business. It should help - it's essentially distributing business cards to thousands of potential customers for only a few cents each.
I don't like the phone - not looking forward to this week. If you'd like to advertise in Mr. Menu (currently I have space in the Southfield Grill and Shane's menus) give me a shout - I can work a magic deal for you.
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