According to HubSpot, the quality of cold calling leads is ridiculously low, with leads costing 60% more than other forms and phone calling only resulting in a 2% chance of a meeting. And, that relentless persistence just doesn’t add up or stack up on the motivation front either – no one feels good about ‘annoying’ potential customers or being constantly being hung up on.
However, whilst cold calling may be a killjoy, a modern-day version is now leading the charge for B2B lead generation thanks to advances in today’s technology landscape – and it’s even secured a new name, ‘Warm Calling’.
Search and content marketing, social media – Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn – and other data-led channels, when used smartly, are the channels of choice when working to warm up what would otherwise be an ice-cold lead.
So – with so many benefits for updating your approach, and just as many negatives for traditional cold calling, you really have no excuse not to move forward.