Telemarketing Success Ratios

Craig Clemens shares his experience with high-rejection sales jobs and how they shape successful people.

"I did an experiment recently. I was at a mastermind where everyone paid $250,000 to attend, and I asked them, 'I'm just curious about this room - you guys are all established people. How many of you in your youth had some sort of sales job that required you to be relentless, like 200 phone calls a day or knocking on doors?' And almost all the room raised their hand. I think it's something that really shapes them.

I was a telemarketer of credit card processing sales. It's about 200 calls - a shitty day is one sale, five sales is an amazing day. That kind of experience teaches you to handle rejection and be persistent, which seems to be a common trait among successful entrepreneurs."