Cold Calling and your best pick up Line

So..I am wondering what is actually the best cold calling lines/spiel that you have used in the past that is proven to be effective...

I know I do have a colleague before who would always tell her potential recruits and vendors(when negotiating for rates) that it is her birthday eventhough it is not...lol

I have been in the IT industry for a long time and now I am new to the healthcare industry and I am doing a lot of cold calling to build my contacts again...with that said...I would appreciate if you can give me some of your tips and proven effective cold calling lines that closed the deal with your consultants/recruits/clients:)

Have a greta day!

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca B. Sargeant on March 2, 2012 at 5:36pm

For Health Care cold calling I always get a big response when I say "Hi, my name is Rebecca and I am here to take your temperature. How's your job going today?" It breaks the ice and starts a great conversation.

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Permalink Reply by Recruiting Animal on May 16, 2012 at 11:16am

How is Jerry's standard song and dance not a shpiel? Maybe we should define the term

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Permalink Reply by Elise Reynolds on May 16, 2012 at 4:09pm

Wow some really clever opening lines here! I really like the one about your tempurature.

I cold call candidates more often. I think now that I am a bit older there is more confidence and gravitas in my voice than 15 years ago. I think that helps me now. When I get voice mail what I say is something like " Hi Steve, I don't know if I am in the right direction. You were refered to me (very important comment) can you please call me back at 12345 Thanks Elise Reynolds". I don't say why I am calling but I sound a bit helpless because I am not sure if I am in the right direction. So about half the time I get a call back.

OK so once I get the call back or if I am lucky enough to get the person on the phone I am very direct. I say something like:

"Oh Hi Steve, I found your information doing some research, I am a recruiter. I understand you are in produced water processing and I would very much like to run something past you very quickly" (I always say very quickly). "Is this a good time?" Yes - I tell them quickly what I have pausing after three sentances to assess their interest. If it is a bad time I ask to call back at a better time. might know. If they might be interested I ask if they have time to discuss further now, not now when.

So basically, my line is not very clever. It is direct, to the point with plenty of deference to the time of the person I am calling. The only spiel part is to be rather vauge when I leave the voice message.