Tomorrow I plan to make a cold call on Elon Musk and will post the video here.
Cold calling was scary as hell when I first started selling things for a living. I was 22 years old and conned into selling cleaner, more efficient homes.
The help wanted advertisement caught my attention: “SALES: No Experience Necessary – $720 per month guaranteed!”
Wow, that was great pay back in 1971. So I called and was told “Sounds like you’re a perfect candidate for the job. We are interviewing today and will hire tomorrow. Can you come in now for a quick interview?”
“Yes, I’ll be right over” The interview lasted 20 minutes. “Based on your background and experience, you’re hired! Can you start tomorrow?”
Holy Smoke. I’ve made the big time! What Luck!
After a day’s training and the promises of quick riches, I was taken to a residential street in Corpus Christi, Texas, dropped off all alone and told “Ok Bill, get out and start knocking on doors.”
Too proud to quit on the spot and scared beyond shitless, I knocked on the first door. An angry, snarling housewife answered. “I don’t know what you’re selling, BUT I’M NOT INTERESTED AND IF YOU DON’T LEAVE IMMEDIATELY I’M CALLING THE POLICE!”
“Don’t give up Bill! Go around to the back door and knock again!” instructed my insane sales manager. “Tell the lady you don’t know who the lady was who answered the front door but she must be having a really bad day. Tell her it’s her lucky day, you’re prepared to clean and shampoo her entire living room carpet for free plus a no strings attached set of Sheffield Steak Knives! Tell her you are on a guaranteed salary but must make three demos a day to qualify for each weekly paycheck!”
“Well, that’s not lying. So why not?” I thought. Cold calling can be fun and rewarding if you know how.
So, tomorrow I plan to make a cold call on Elon Musk and will post the video here.
