I worked as a cold-call telesales rep between the ages of 19 and 21. If you have a product targeting SMEs, then I would highly recommend you consider cold-call

I worked as a cold-call telesales rep between the ages of 19 and 21. If you have a product targeting SMEs, then I would highly recommend you consider cold-calling. It's cheap, fast, highly effective and every owner/manager of such a business is used to fielding these calls. I was able to consistently secure my employers £1k-£2k of business per week, selling a pretty mundane (non-tech) product. Not figures on their own that will make anybody a millionaire, but any early-stage startup should kill for that revenue. Selling to larger businesses is more difficult and time-consuming, because it's rare/impossible to be able to get an instant decision over the phone. But it may still be worthwhile to try. Making the calls is quite hard work. I crafted a rough script, but as I practiced more I'd deviate increasingly from it: it's important to sound friendly, confident and non-robotlike. And you've got to have a pretty thick skin, and accept that some days will be relatively barren. On the other hand, it's a great buzz when you get a few sales in a row :) Good luck