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by chris_dcosta
4785 days ago
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If you are asking about how to get over the fear of cold calling from someone who is naturally shy, take it from me, the first few calls will be awkward and you'll trip over your (probably prepared) speech. Don't worry about that, make sure that the first few calls are the least important ones. Use them as practice runs. Try also to go via a switchboard, or a reception desk. This way you can 1) practice on the receptionist 2) get a feel on how responsive the company is to this approach 3) get some names to contact directly As someone mentioned here it is a numbers game, and believe me the more you do the easier it gets. You build up resilience to the responses, and after a while you find an approach that works for you. Another one I tried was pretending to be someone else, for example a student doing research, (ahem social engineering student haha) and as I got into the role, it became dead easy to speak freely.... |
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