Cold Calling- How to get phone numbers?

Cold e-mail and ask if they would like to chat. Works much better if you get in touch with them and arrange a time to call on their own terms

A lot won't respond....e-mail more. Serious networking takes a lot of time and effort

A lot won't respond....e-mail more. Serious networking takes a lot of time and effort

In my experience getting in contact is the most difficult part; but once you are in touch it is important for to maintain that your time is important too. The conversations you have with anyone will be much more meaningful if you

1. Set up and appointment (as opposed to always being available)
2. Follow up by all means, but not too often (as you will establish yourself as someone who needs something, as opposed to someone with something to offer).

The difference between an annoying telemarketer and a great sales person is getting those 2 steps right - keep your power in the interaction; chasing too hard devalues your product/service.

Thank you for the help, but since the summer is approaching, I need to act fast. The reason I want to cold call bankers in smaller companies is because I need an internship and those companies don't have organized career services.

As far as networking goes, I try to network but I've been doing it with bigger companies and they don't hire anymore for the summer (I had my chances but didn't make it).

So, my goal with cold-calling is to contact bankers and be straight with them that I need a job.

I know its aggressive and rude, but I hear a good number of success stories.

Would appreciate if anybody has an idea about the best way to find phone numbers of bankers.

Thanks

Start with the low hanging fruit first. Call alumni/people you know/people you may know thru a connection.

I'd say it's ok to cold call people that you either A) Know thru mutual connection or B) Are alumni from your school.

The rest I would say that email is the safer route, as a lot of these guys are extremely busy and won't have time to talk if they're cold called. If you do call someone and they DO say they are too busy atm, then push for a date on which they can talk when they are not busy. A lot of times people really do want to help you, but feel better if they have it marked down in their calendar.

Dont be afraid to ask. These guys know you're not contacting them for shots and giggles. Send a nice message a Expressing your interest, ask if you can chat more and if they give you a number or want to meet up do that and at the end mention your situation and ask if they can pass your resume to the appropriate party. If these guys are willing to take time out of their day talk, they will be willing to take 30 seconds to forward an e-mail to hr

Cold/warm e-mailing works better. You can search for the email makeup online...EX: if website is www.investmentbanking.com search "@investmentbanking.com" on google and find out if its [email protected] or [email protected]

As your first step in cold calling, print out the classified ads for FSBO and For Rent prospects and put them in the cold calling binders by prefix and in numerical order. For example, if you had two telephone numbers: "321-1234" and "321-1235," you would place them both within the "3" tab with first one (321-1234) in front of number "321-1235." Thus, file them by their first number ("3" in this case) and their sequential order.