Comments on: Cold Calling to Find Freelance Writing Clients

By: Cindi Westerfeld

Cindi Westerfeld — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:19:13 +0000

Interesting post, Chris. You’re absolutely right about it being a process where you have to get used to a certain amount of failure. If you’re interested, I found this post on cold calling that might have something useful for your readers, too.

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978535824

Hope that helps someone out there!

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Freelance Copywriting Jobs: How to Find Them | All Freelance Writing — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:36:29 +0000

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By: Thursday Bram

Thursday Bram — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:38:29 +0000

I’m one of those writers who just doesn’t do particularly well at cold calling… just not something I personally excel at. That said, though, if I can warm up the call even a little bit — meeting prospective clients at a networking event, getting a tip from a friend, anything like that — I find the process a lot easier to handle.

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By: Dan Smith

Dan Smith — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:24:09 +0000

My background is in training and development with 16 to 18 year olds in a business environment and the vast majority of them, although they speak to their friends on the telephone every night, seem to have somewhat of a phobia when making or receiving calls when they do not know who is on the other end.

I cannot express to them enough how important using the telephone is – and cold calling is a prime example of the importance.

We may be dominated by e-mail nowadays, but it’s so easy to ignore an e-mail, that if you’re in a situation where you need relatively quick answers (like in Jake P’s example above of needing more work), making a quick and polite phone call is without doubt the best option. You may not get the answer that you want, but at least you’ll know straight away and don’t have to wait what can be weeks for someone to reply to your e-mail.

By: Jake P

Jake P — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:44:18 +0000

Amen, Chris! When my business slowed to a crawl back in the summer of 2001, I made about 400 cold calls and got a dozen or so jobs out of it–just about the 1-25 ratio you describe.

Based on those jobs and subsequent referrals, I haven’t made a cold call since then, but it would absolutely be my first move if I experienced a dip in business.