cold call
noun
: a telephone call soliciting business made directly to a potential customer without prior contact or without a lead
cold-call
verb
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That kind of third-party validation builds the kind of credibility no cold call ever could.
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Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
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According to Hubspot's 2024 Sales Trends Reports, 37% of salespeople say cold calls are the most effective form of cold outreach.
—Kaushik Tiwari, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
La Rocca had a little information to go with these cold calls, some of it gleaned from a book, Vecchio Milan, published in 1963.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Sometimes when organizers make cold calls to production assistants, their effort is received like a service organization, says Byrne-Gudding.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
Why The Phone Works In 2024 The data tells the story:
Higher Conversion Rates
According to Hubspot's 2024 Sales Trends Reports, 37% of salespeople say cold calls are the most effective form of cold outreach.
—Kaushik Tiwari, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
La Rocca had a little information to go with these cold calls, some of it gleaned from a book, Vecchio Milan, published in 1963.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Sometimes when organizers make cold calls to production assistants, their effort is received like a service organization, says Byrne-Gudding.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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“Cold call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20call. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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