...and I didn't die! Nothing meaningful happened at all, actually. I just moved on with my life.

Some background: I'm in the middle of a cold outreach campaign and at the point where I'm finally "dialing for dollars". Had to psych myself up a bit since I hate cold calling / rejection. Out of the 10 calls I made today:

- 5 people didn't pick up
- 2 people said they weren't interested, but in a friendly way
- 2 people literally hung up on me after being rude

...and one person sat on the phone with me for 40 minutes talking all about his business and life, no NDA required. He's also trying to sell, within my geography, and I've got a meeting scheduled with him for lunch next week.

Cold calling sucks. Rejection sucks. But not trying sucks even worse than failure.


Anyone else out there dialing for dollars? What's been your best (or worst) cold call experience?