[mildtrepidation]

Keep in mind cold calling is a numbers game.

And the more people we have playing it, the more those of us trying to accomplish something outside of sales have to deal with inane pitches by people who refuse to accept "no" as an answer unless they hear it repeatedly while wasting our time.

Please don't encourage this behavior. It's good that you feel you got something out of that experience, but if no one solicited your call and you're calling anyway, you've joined a deservedly-loathed lower class of humanity.

[ThomPete]

I think you are reading too much into what I mean with numbers game.

There is plenty of legitimate cold calling one can do without pissing someone off if you do your homework and make sure you actually are offering them something they might need.

(for instance figuring out if they have recently complained about current service X they are using)

Just keep in mind that your conversion ratio is going to be low and you only have so much time to build a business.