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Offering Something of Value For Free
I’ve been doing some cold-calling. Unlike some who cold-call and try to sell something, I’m calling to offer a book I wrote. (I’m also calling to make a friend, but I’ll expand on that another time.) I don’t try to … Continue reading
Cold-calling: Waste of time or path to success?
In my first real career, I worked in radio and eventually became news director of a radio station. Since I had multiple half-hour newscasts to fill each day, I had to put together lots of stories. That often meant calling … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Bly, Clayton Makepeace, cold-calling, Peter Bowerman
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