AAArrgggg, what a ride.....ok....should have posted more often...but didn't...been going full out, lots of calls, meetings, ....and for for some strange reason, had 2 no-shows since I posted that I don't get many no shows......strange.....anyway......got 2 more done, brings in 750K, so tally so far is 2.95M.......

What can I say......it's a lot slower than I wish...mainly because of lack of consistency on the phone, some days, on....others day...not........and Zap....there goes another week......getting sick of turning the calendar pages and realizing how fast a month goes by......I'm really up againts the wall....so........will do my best.....have fun.....and commit to 50 contacts a day, for 4 days next week, regardless of meetings, stuff, and whatever........cold calling works....just need to stop mucking around.....still off by over7M....and 2 months to go....granted got a good pipeline and meetings ,but.............tick-tock......keeps going. .......back on the phone i the morning.........I do enjoy though....not moaning too much....just get a bit desperate..........Get really fed up of hearing left and right of how cold calling does not work, heard it again this week in my office.......I'm going to beat them on AUM........from cold calls.........chinga tu madre gueys!!!!

All The Way

All the way - I have two questions:
What part of the country are you in?
Why are 90% of your posts typed like a twitter feed?

Ok I have a question for whomever wants to answer 

I have been in training for about a month now and will begin to produce within the next month or so.. 
I live in a small city about 300k residents, do you think its possible to bring in 4-6m my first year? I am a big believer in cold calling and want to kill the phone, I want to tap residentials as well I dont think theres many business owners in this area but i could be wrong. Any suggestions from any ofyou would be greatly appreciated! 

ps sorry for high jacking

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Ok I have a question for whomever wants to answer 

I have been in training for about a month now and will begin to produce within the next month or so.. 
I live in a small city about 300k residents, do you think its possible to bring in 4-6m my first year? I am a big believer in cold calling and want to kill the phone, I want to tap residentials as well I dont think theres many business owners in this area but i could be wrong. Any suggestions from any ofyou would be greatly appreciated! 

ps sorry for high jacking

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don't just prospect in your city but try for your whole state. i even picked a couple other states that my wife and i like to travel to or may want tto move to (I'm in my mid 20's) and prospect there as well. the harder thing going out of state is that you're not there to open accounts in person but it's good for me because it helps me learn how to open accounts over the phone, which is harde.r

Thanks Ulairi

Thats exactly what I was considering, didnt know if it were possible, I am going to prospect in at least two of the biggest cities in my state. Opening over the phone does sound pretty hard I may have to work my way up to that...im also in my mid 20's... what kind of aum goals do you set for yourself...other than the minis at your firm

I want to do 10 MM in fee based my first 12 months of production.

Hacksaw

Funny comment about the Twitter....I type like I think....kind of slow and get off track, so when I get off track….hit the dots… and.....oh yeah.....there I was….and off I go again….

  Had a good day, did 280K so getting there. Really a bit pisesd with someone in the office, starting to get to me.....and ...it's a good thing. I’m more determined than ever to get these assets by cold calling. I don't go around farting what's signed so I suspect he thinks it ani't working.....either way.......still happy with the results, could have been faster had I done more...so more effort on the plate.

Anyways. up to 3.2M and  something…..

Been putting names together to call over the next few weeks, starting to scrape the barrel and need to bring in new names, helps the ratios.

Ulari is a true animal, going for 10M in the 1st year.....someone give the kid a medal, and now with Mase getting fired up...should be a great summer with some good posts.

Keep it up guys. Always enjoy reading anything posted by BigRed, KingBobby, FadAvo, Itainteasy and Bond guy…to name a few……..said it before, I say it again, lonely out there on the phone, so logging on and catching up on what you guys are up to is part of my daily routine, we’re all out there rowing….row,  row, row.

All The Way

Hear, hear.

Keep rocking atw. It’s a long road but success will taste so sweet when we are finally there

Good read ATW, starting my training in August.  Will definitely have contributions to this thread.

Mr. Swaeters,

Go get them .....keep us posted as you are moving forward.

AAArrrggggg...........what can I say.....dud of a week, did good with the meetings booked but......AAArrrgggggg that's where I'm at.

Anyways, hammering the  plan......loading fresh new names to call next week...still very much in the running.....full speed ahead.....got some very good on'es on the go...just.....frustrated, tick-tock....but hey......I'll make it.

how's everyone else doing out there?

Good weekend to all

All The Way

This week was a bad week for me.  I have season tickets to our local ball team and we had a game every day this week. I did take a prospective client to two of the games and I woke up today feeling really under the weather. I'l lbe back on in Monday with the dials and meeting setting. 

hey man,

check your pm's....

Quick update, stuck around 3.2M....got 8 weks to go, said i'd get 10M by June 22nd....soooooo, as soon as I polish opff the Six-pack and watch a movie with my wife......off to bed, up early, quick run...in the office early, on the phones and see what happens...had a lot of fun, glad to have made the calls, wish i had more AUM, but...hey...still time to turn a couple of good one's around. probably will post daily as there's only a few weeks left......Best of sucewss to all the cold callers out there.....

Kinda miss LongShot's post but there's a new sherrif in tow...Murdoc,,,, anyone who refers to The Jusge is off to a good start......worth following. Anyways.......as for me...I've re arranged my schedule and cleared a lot of time for calls and meetings for this blitz, went in on Saturday and Sunday at 7am to get lists ready and clear wreakage to give me a clear line of sight......this is it.

All The Way

All The Way - How many months have you been in production?

Keep it up ATW! You are keeping me motivated with these posts and I m running with you.

The Machine,

Thanks to you, this is what this forum is about....keeping things going in the right direction.

Hit the phones hard on Monday, got exactly 50 contacts done and one meeting booked, no leads, been getting low numbers on Mondays for some reason, don't care, got a 10am meetings this morning then back on the phones.Some good one's in the pipeline to move ahead also, but mainly the energy is in getting meetings with as many as posible....

All The Way

All The Way,

I'm a very big fan... your enthusiasm seeps through the computer!

Keep the rest of us young cold callers updated and inspired.  We'll do the same.  Best of luck today on the phones.

Best,

LtC

The "new sherrif" may be a little early All the Way, but looking forward to contributing.  Good luck to Long the Call, if you ever want to bounce ideas back and forth let me know.

It seems like incorporating the munis into the arsenal is good timing with these Bush Tax Cuts (lack of) being extended in election year.  Tax rates rising and Social Security seem to be decent talking points as you develop these relationships.  Just my two cents, but in my 4 months experience so far prospects seem to be asking about these.

yesterday I had 4 new prospects and of those 4 new prospects, two agreed to meetings for next week. That's based on 74 calls. Not bad at all!