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- Mar 16, 2008
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I sold Kirby's door to door for 3 years. Shortly after that, I sold steaks door to door for about a month (a word to the wise; NEVER buy steaks from a door to door guy!). The income potential in cold calling is huge. It's the simplest thing in the world. It's a numbers game. If you hit 100 doors a day, then sales will take care of themselves. Here is the hard part:
1) soliciting door to door (at least in illinois and missori) is illegal. i got the cops called on me several time a week. sometimes 2-3x a day. we would say "we aren't selling anything officer, we're just taking surveys!" and then hope they would buy it.
2) out of 100 doors, maybe 30 would talk to me. in that 30, maybe 20 would let me finish my pitch. in that 20, i'd close 8 or 9 of them. in that 8 or 9, 4-5 would cancel. in that 4-5, 2-3 would not be approved because of credit. so, i'd be left with 1-2 sales a day. and that is if you are good. i was good.
3) nobody likes salesmen. especially door to door. i've been shot at with bb guns, bottle rockets shot at me, attacked by dogs you name it.
That's why "everybody" doesn't do it. It takes tons of reisiliance.
1) soliciting door to door (at least in illinois and missori) is illegal. i got the cops called on me several time a week. sometimes 2-3x a day. we would say "we aren't selling anything officer, we're just taking surveys!" and then hope they would buy it.
2) out of 100 doors, maybe 30 would talk to me. in that 30, maybe 20 would let me finish my pitch. in that 20, i'd close 8 or 9 of them. in that 8 or 9, 4-5 would cancel. in that 4-5, 2-3 would not be approved because of credit. so, i'd be left with 1-2 sales a day. and that is if you are good. i was good.
3) nobody likes salesmen. especially door to door. i've been shot at with bb guns, bottle rockets shot at me, attacked by dogs you name it.
That's why "everybody" doesn't do it. It takes tons of reisiliance.