All Forum Posts by: James Milton

It has more to do with the situation of the recipient than the method of communication. Be respectful, short, professional, and fair. If they have interest in selling a property, they'll reply or be receptive. If they have no interest in selling, you're more likely to just get ignored than for someone to react negatively. 

I've made a career out of cold calling (businesses, not individuals). You'd be surprised how kind people are so long as you are not an idiot or disrespectful/unprofessional. 

From a cold calling perspective, it sounds ok. But make sure it isn't against Linkedin's policies as its more of a networking site.

The main problem with cold calling now is you may be a good one (i.e., a drop) in a sea of scammers and spammers. So, you have to standout as not fake. More personal.

As the recipient of several vague cold calls:
Do's:
- Say who you are. I get it. It's risky.
- Experts may not like this but adding a "If you are not interested, you can ignore this message" will tell me you are not a scam as they want you to reply for data mining purposes.

Don'ts:
- Being vague is an automatic flag to send to junk. Would you sell your house based on a random message?
- Use "I'm from . Interested in..."
- Use tricks like sending your first text as "Hey, did you see my last text" just so the person replies.

As long as your apologetic and respectful in your verbiage, I'd keep doing it. Mention that you found the info via public record, exhausted all other options, and this was the last resort. 

Hey James, 

As long as you are complying with the law, and providing a way for recipients to easily and quickly opt out of further communication I think that you're doing your part. 

Sure, not everything illegal is immoral, and not everything immoral is illegal. That is where you will need to make a judgement call whether you're personally okay with the feedback you're getting (are you dealing with many annoyed respondents?), and how you feel this is building your brand. 

I also believe that it is incumbent on you as the business owner to ensure your success and if you need to use outbound marketing initially to generate enough leads to sustain and grow your business, then you have a moral obligation to your family to do so. Sure, some may not like this (every marketing channel has detractors), but you're ultimately not hurting anyone so don't stress yourself out too much. It sounds like you're considering the experience of your prospects which is more than many (most?). 

Hi James, are you a real estate agent or investor? Also, what market are you in?

As long as your apologetic and respectful in your verbiage, I'd keep doing it. Mention that you found the info via public record, exhausted all other options, and this was the last resort. 

Hello James, If it works, keep doing it and refine your system as best as possible so that the recipient doesn't feel the process is too invasive.

The market will ultimately decide whether they are ok with this. 

So far, your response rate shows they're OK with this. There aren't many other lead generation methods outside of door knocking that have a higher response rate than what you're doing.

All the best!

Abel

I was being partly sarcastic and partly agreeing with the bad feeling you were having about doing it. But as the other poster said, if you’re really getting a 10% POSITIVE response (not just a 10% response) maybe I’m completely wrong. After all, it’s not too hard for them to hit delete or spam, or whatever the linked-in version is. 

Hey @James Milton - if it works for you, why is it a bad thing? Clearly it's getting some positive responses in your market. 

What's the AI tool you're using?