Best time of the day/week to cold-call?
Are there any specific times of the day or week when people are more receptive to cold-calls? I was thinking around 10-11AM mid-week. What about afternoons and Mondays/Fridays?
Are there any specific times of the day or week when people are more receptive to cold-calls? I was thinking around 10-11AM mid-week. What about afternoons and Mondays/Fridays?
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For cold emails: 9-10am any week day, but sooner in the week better than later.
For cold calls I doubt it matters, since you will basically always get a secretary who will just send you to voicemail.
traders you either want to do it early in the morning or after the close. Friday afternoons wouldn't be bad either
I want to get the fuk out of the office on Friday afternoon, i am sorry....
I asked that question 5-6 years ago to my mentor: he told me, whenever you feel is a good time... IE: NOT when I am at lunch or eating my cereals in the morning. OR on market open, close, or when numbers are being announced... As a sales person I get my calls after 9 AM, but east cost opens around 9:30 so you'd like to do it later if you are in the US> Basically. it depends.
Not sure who gets to leave on a friday afternoon. But giving a call or an email around 2pm on friday has been fine for me in the past
I think CountryDog gives a good time range. I would not try to contact on fridays, I'm pretty sure earlier in the week would be better
Cold calling/cold emailing on a Monday? (Originally Posted: 01/08/2012)
Would this be the worst day to do it? I feel like I'm running out of time with my networking effort so I can't really waste much more time.
During recruitment and many months before...I tried to send a few e-mails every day and would send them at 8am in the morning hoping to come to their mailbox in the morning while they were looking through e-mail. I had a lot of success with that.
did you do it on mondays too?
sounds like you've got a case of the mondays!
I'll give you my perspective, not as someone trying to network but someone who cold calls every day in PWM: Mondays are not any worse than any other day. The only time that is particularly not good is Friday afternoons. Mondays are fair game.
Mondays are just as good as any day for cold-emailing IBD analysts, especially since analysts work through weekends and Monday is not of as big of significance to them as a workday
sent off about 20 emails. 1 response so far.
Prime time to send emails/ cold-call analysts? (Originally Posted: 01/18/2010)
So I've tried to reach out to both MDs and analysts, and I felt somehow that for MDs the timing of emails/ cold calls during the day doesn't really matter because no one really knows their exact schedule (even one MD told me he won't know it before morning). And if they did not respond to my emails, there might have been some other good reasons than the timing issue.
But for the analysts and assistant traders, when would be the best time to send cold emails or call them asking for informational interviews? Obviously not after midnight, not during the most hectic hours(9-12am), but other than that I'm clueless. I'll appreciate your opinions.
I like to send my emails mid-morning (round 11am) on weekdays. I think it is impossible to pick a time when analyst/traders are not busy during the day. I always start with an email with the aim of eventually getting them on the phone.
Yeah I guess it is pretty difficult to pick the exact time. But I kind of feel (from my own experience perhaps) that if I find the email in my less busy time, I tend to be a bit nicer and more helpful.
11am sounds good, too. What about 4-6pm, or 8-10pm? That's when I usually send out most of my emails.
One additional question: how persistent are you guys if the person whom you want to get on the phone does not respond?
You guys are kidding, right? Analysts?
I don't usually target analysts. I tend to focus on associates and VPs. I think emailing them around 4-6pm is okay. I wouldn't email them between 8-10pm. If they are traders they are usually done for the day and might get annoyed with your email. I am not persistent if the person is non-responsive. If they want to get in contact with you they will, if they don't they won't. Cold calling/emailing is a numbers game. You also have to be patient and targeted in your approach. Feel free to pm me paperlec if you want to discuss this more. I am not an expert but I have been doing this for a couple of months and I could at least point out the mistakes that I have made so that you don't repeat them.
Bump. Any other suggestions?
Best time to Cold Call (Originally Posted: 11/21/2010)
I'm going to start cold calling some S&T prop shops. If I were to walk up to their building and knock on the door, when would the best time be to do this?
Cold call them or go to the building and try to talk face to face?
Don't be creepy brah.
Oh I'm going to the building. I'm fucking doing it.
Does anybody actually recommend this shit? Is this real life? Why not just show up to the MD's house at dinner time with a bowl of potato salad?
sure just tell security you know squirtlez from wso every thing should be kewl
They have a reception desk. And they can certainly turn me away. Most of the places have a "Due to overwhelming demand...." and "we'll contact you if there is a need...". Hence, I have no rejections from these places I just haven't heard back. Which means that I don't have a solid "no" yet. The worse they can do is to tell me to get lost, so why wouldn't I do this? At least I'll know I should just give up afterwards.
You should find out the home phone number and call right now. They'll be really happy that it's not some kind of emergency and probably give you a job on the spot. I mean, what better way to show ur research skills?!?!
PS: You're welcome. I want the cut of the sign on bonus
Man.....I'm totally telling everyone I know squirtlez. Blastoise will you be a character reference?
But the question still stands. If you were ballsy and desperate enough to do this, which I am, at what time would you do it?
After all it's so crazy, it just might work.
I have done it. Not in the US though. I asked them about unpaid internship positions and got one offer out of 10 trials. But two days later a friend of mine offered me a paid job and I rejected the internship offer.
Do it. Walk into the office. It works. But don't hide in the bathroom (real story), which is what some girls did at my work, and we called security.
As a follow-up:
I have, with a girl friend, put on a nice suit and made rounds on the floors of China's biggest PE shops. No one noticed. Just look sharp, be confident, and have a paper in your hand.
If someone stops you, just say, "Oh, this isn't XXX?"
To add more to your nuclear balls, here's what I did with my friend Anita.
-We were in Beijing's SOHO district, and it's 4am after clubbing/eating/drinking. We stumble into this unfinished mall complex, like Gucci, Prada, etc. with all this construction, dry-wall, etc. We just wanted to find a place to pee.
So, we tiptoe up and down the stairs of this building, where some construction workers were sleeping. Walking down to Flight 2, a security guard sees us through the door.
Instead of running away, I gave him a salute. I was in a suit and my friend was hot--so, he probably thought I was the owner's rich bastard son.
True story.
Do it. The most they can do is call the cops, but you'd be long gone by then.
Do it after the market closes, but don't wait too long. The senior guys will start leaving after an hour or so. Also, you should figure out some of the names of people working there, otherwise what will you ask the receptionist? Good luck... it's a real long shot, but I can't see anyone getting too upset over it.
Best Time to Cold Call (Originally Posted: 08/10/2011)
What time of the day is it best to cold call a firm? Early in the morning, afternoon, etc...? Also, is it okay to cold call after around 4 PM?
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