Imagine a flood of new, quality leads flowing into your business as the result of a bank of telephone sales professionals. Your virtual sales team pursues individuals and companies who would be genuinely interested in your business offerings, if they only knew that your company existed. Imagine this service as being affordable for everyone, including small business owners and professionals like you.

If you are making cold calls it is inevitable that you will come across people who are unfriendly, mean and just plain rude! This article offers you four practical ways to deal with these types of sales prospects.

One of the best ways to warm up your cold calls is to call on sales prospects that you see in mediums such as newspapers, magazines, online press releases and webistes. If you see a business professional either quoted or pictured in one of these mediums make mention to their "celebrity status" when you are on the phone with them or when you leave a voicemail message.