New Recording of a Dumb Cold Call

Call Recordings

I just posted a new Dumb Call Recording…a "cold" call I actually received from someone selling training. She obviously didn’t know who I was or what we do. Listen in here.

Art Makes a Phone Call Back to 1983–To Himself

Call Recordings, Humor and Silly Stuff, Random Rants

Last week I presented the keynote address at Inside Sales Boston-2010, an event put on by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals. The topic was "People 1.0" and essentially focused on how sales is still a PEOPLE business, and we should use...

Scammer Voice Mail, Part 2–They’re Using the Same Script

Call Recordings

A few weeks ago I shared a voice mail sent in by a fellow reader. It wasn’t bad, other than being a flat out lie, and probably a scam. Here’s another one, pretty much identical, from a female caller this time. And again, the person who received it had...

Voice Mail Message from a Scum Scam Artist

Call Recordings, Voice Mail

As if using the phone in sales and prospecting wasn’t challenging enough on its own, we also have to deal with working in an environment where there are scumbag scam artists duping unsuspecting targets. The legitimate office supply dealers and document imaging...

Even Brief Voice Mails Can Be Bad

Call Recordings, Humor and Silly Stuff, Voice Mail

Many times voice mails from sales reps are horrible because they are too long and go into a sales pitch. Here’s one that very brief, but nonetheless horrible. Thanks to Tim Freeze for sending it in. I have scrambled the audio of the guy’s name, company,...

Another Call Recording: I’m still not sure what this guy was selling

Call Recordings, Humor and Silly Stuff, Uncategorized

I was rushing around last Friday trying to get out of the office so I could get to the airport. (Went to the Indy 500 by the way, awesome experience.) A call came in and the guy introduced himself to Steve here as “Bob with an IT company.” OK, perhaps it...