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Certificate in Cold Calling

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Cold Calling


About Cold Calling

Cold calling is the practice of approaching potential clients who have never spoken to the salesman making the call and asking for their business. It is an effort to persuade prospective clients to buy the salesperson's item or service.

Why is Cold Calling important?

Cold calling is a great way to train, especially for novice sales representatives. It enables you to repeatedly rehearse your sales pitch until it is polished. It can also be beneficial once you've had a few chats with potential customers because you'll be able to get real-time feedback and modify your pitch as necessary.

Who should take the Cold Calling Exam?

  • Anyone in business-to-business (B2B) sales who wants to increase the efficiency of their phone prospecting should take this course.
  • Telesales managers, senior executives, executives

Cold Calling Certification Course Outline

  1. Overview of cold calling
  2. What is a salesperson's talent?
  3. Getting over the Fear
  4. Why have an elevator pitch?
  5. Five pitch must-haves and FAB
  6. Dealing with the gatekeepers
  7. Who they are, and their role
  8. Be nice but creative
  9. Script and Structure
  10. Opening and hook
  11. Bridge and qualifying
  12. Closing advice on scripts and structure
  13. What is BUNTA?
  14. Open questions
  15. How to deal with rejection and objection
  16. Getting around it and types of no
  17. Peel the onion
  18. Feel, felt, found
  19. Wrap up and ask why
  20. My best source of leads
  21. Relationships, CRM, and permission

Certificate in Cold Calling FAQs

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

No there is no negative marking

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.