Cold calling for web design clients

[DistressedDenim]

Hello,

Has anyone here had any success cold calling for web design clients?

I'd like some advice if you have any

I'll be cold-calling law firms.

 

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[DistressedDenim]

Thanks. I'm going to post my results here

Day 1
I entered two offices and got rejected by the receptionist both times. I don't think this is worth doing very often.

I made 10 phone calls and four of the receptionists left a message. I'm going to start asking for a custom message where I include the reasons a lawyer needs a website, including that 74% of clients look at a lawyer's site to take action.

I'll wake up tomorrow at an earlier time so I can hopefully catch some people before they're busy.

I'll only post in this thread when something exciting happens.

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[RicardoGrande]

Hey bud, I've made about 2,500 during my breaks at work over the past 10 months.
It's... it's okay but I'd highly suggesting looking for local networking groups or flexing your immediate and 2nd/3rd order network.

Most of the time you're looking at a ratio of Ready/interested/not interested as 1-2/8-12/86. What's even worse is that when you cold call, you're a "salesman" and as everyone knows... it's okay to lie to salespeople. You'll hear a lot of "Oh wow yeah this sounds great, call me back this week or next month" then you try to follow up and get ghosted or have the can kicked down the road.
If you're like me and have no other option and time to burn... why not and it builds character, but there's probably better ways to start and get those clients.

Have you looked at FB group prospecting or running cold e-mail campaigns for local businesses yet?

 

[Oso]

Started my agency 08/22 and sold it earlier this month for 12X,XXX.

I never touched cold outreach because the data says it isn't worth the time/effort. Instead, I put more effort into finding the actual decision makers (LinkedIn is great for this), and I'd drum up value on contact.

A short list of potential updates/changes and why they matter, a "reel" explaining how/where/why their SEO is being negatively effected, etc.

Outside of that, get yourself a solid team of sales people and pay them via commission. Teach them how to explain/show value in whatever your agency is offering, and then let them worry about landing clients.

Cheers.

 

[DistressedDenim]

Started my agency 08/22 and sold it earlier this month for 12X,XXX.

I never touched cold outreach because the data says it isn't worth the time/effort. Instead, I put more effort into finding the actual decision makers (LinkedIn is great for this), and I'd drum up value on contact.

A short list of potential updates/changes and why they matter, a "reel" explaining how/where/why their SEO is being negatively effected, etc.

Outside of that, get yourself a solid team of sales people and pay them via commission. Teach them how to explain/show value in whatever your agency is offering, and then let them worry about landing clients.

Cheers.

Congrats!

I've switched to your method. I realized I have to pay for LinkedIn message credits, so I am saving up for those right now. Hopefully, this works out. Here's what I'm sending:

Hey x! I noticed the web presence for your guys' law firm is not doing well. You're missing out on potential clients and confusing clients because they can't get much info about your law firm online. According to a few studies, 74% of law clients look at a firm's website to make a decision. That's a big number. If you'd like, I could create a website for you guys, which would be greatly helpful to your customers. I work for Triangle Web Agency. We are located in Chattanooga, TN. We have helped law firms see a 15% increase in new clients in the past, and have helped them to create a better customer experience. If you'd like, I could send you what I'd need and we could get started. I charge $500 for a basic website, and any future updates are on a case-by-case basis, but a single page change should only cost you around $50, and something as simple as a single image would only be $5. I see huge potential in getting this set up for you. Let me know what you think. Thanks for your time.

I'll try to incorporate some of your recommendations in that tomorrow once I get some credits.

 

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