Offshoring/Outsourcing cold calls for landlord rep
Curious if anyone has ever tried paying one of the overseas cold calling companies for hire. From what I'm seeing, it looks like an effective way to streamline about 1,000 calls per week. Can see how this would be highly beneficial but would also imagine it could cause problems due to a lack of market knowledge from the people making the calls. If anyone has tried it or considered it, would love to hear your input
[{"id": "izjolnj", "text": "Never tried outsourcing the actual cold calling but I outsource lead gen/building database of prospects and once you find the right people\u2026.it works extremely well. In 6 months they have provided me with over 4K leads with all verified numbers/emails. I have 3 guys working about 10 hours each a week and pay them around 4 bucks an hour.", "replies": [{"id": "izjpkpt", "text": "Are the leads that they generate specific to a certain criteria that you ask for? Highly interested in automating some of my work. We have a good amount of  prospecting software's at my current brokerage, but most are geared towards filling currently vacant spaces by connecting you with retailers", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "izlsyk4", "text": "This is great. What market are you in and would you share the resource?  I\u2019m in Florida", "replies": [{"id": "izr521e", "text": "I\u2019m in philadelphia- and I just hire people on www.upwork.com - might take a few times of trial and error to find people who are responsive and thorough but once you do it\u2019s worth it. I get a few hundred a week and all the emails/numbers etc are verified and I only get a few bounce backs each week. I\u2019ve had the same guys sending me lists on the same day for about 9 months now.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izjpu61", "text": "They are. I give them a geographical location if that\u2019s a zip code/county/city etc and a type of business such as legal, mortgage, or medical companies. They get me one or two of the decision makers contact\u2026CEO, COO or vp of facilities etc", "replies": [{"id": "izjq7xt", "text": "Interesting, sounds very similar to the software Resquared. It's been highly effective so far but dont love the nature of a cold call unless I have a space in mind for them or another way to help out", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izjqp5q", "text": "Yea I just email/cold call as much as possible even if I don\u2019t have a property/space in mind. I been cold calling to sublease space and it\u2019s been effective.", "replies": [{"id": "izjt4jd", "text": "Do you limit your cold calling to landlords or retailers as well?", "replies": [{"id": "izlp9fg", "text": "Both - I call/email landlords and retailers/tenants. Anyone and everyone with a business or building. In locations i have buildings/listings I call tenants/retailers and the subleasing pitch works super well for areas I don\u2019t necessarily have a listing I\u2019m trying to fill. Good way to break into an area. (Especially when you know a a certain industry isn\u2019t doing well like mortgage companies/Re-fi shops)", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izkqeix", "text": "This is the lazy way, not the right way. You cannot outsource your job and expect success.\n\nI immediately hang up on these calls, regardless of the message the broker is attempting to deliver through the third party.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izkty6y", "text": "Problem with hiring foreign callers is the accent. Not only will some people hang up right away but with a heavy accent the prospect may not understand clearly.\n\nIf you can find someone with a decent grasp on English, it can work. If you hire the cheapest guy that no one understands, might as well burn your money.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "izlit95", "text": "Use off shore talent to build your database by finding contacts. When calling commercial RE owners, you need to be thoughtful and be ready to provide value to that owner. You should be the one on the phone making that call because it's your job to build the relationship with the owner, long term.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]