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#1 (permalink)   06-12-2008 Japhylis New Member Company name: ASAP Assistance My latest Twitter: I'm testing out Yoono for a client. If you u...   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bedford, MA Posts: 45 How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? Hi Everyone, I had a new client call me today! He would like me to do some cold calls for him on an ongoing basis. How would you charge? Hourly or by the call? What do you all think? Thank you. Julie __________________ Julie Phylis ASAP Assistance - Your on demand assistant www.AsapAssistance.net

#2 (permalink)   06-12-2008 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? Hourly - 15 minute increments. There is no way to know how long any given call will last... __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#3 (permalink)   06-12-2008 VagabondetteVA Junior Member Latest blog post: The Benefits Of Personal Time Management   Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Currently in Portland, OR Posts: 417 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? I would do hourly too. Though there's a chance you might make more with per-call. But you won't know that until you've done some. Hourly will make tracking easier though. __________________ Amanda Moore Virtual Assistant VagabondetteVA Blog

#4 (permalink)   06-12-2008 Tess Senior Member Company name: Codehead, LLP Latest blog post: SEO Q&A   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 9,131 Blog Entries: 3 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? I agree with the others, hourly in set increments would be my own preference. __________________ Create a welcome packet for new clients with this guide and free templates! (Available in PDF and Kindle versions)

#5 (permalink)   06-12-2008 Japhylis New Member Company name: ASAP Assistance My latest Twitter: I'm testing out Yoono for a client. If you u...   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bedford, MA Posts: 45 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? Thank you everyone. That was my initial thought, just wanted to see what everyone else thought. Thanks for the input. Julie __________________ Julie Phylis ASAP Assistance - Your on demand assistant www.AsapAssistance.net

#6 (permalink)   06-14-2008 misskimble Contributing Member My latest Twitter: Follow @elevaterbc2010 for all your rbc info   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Oh Posts: 54 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? Originally Posted by Japhylis Hi Everyone, I had a new client call me today! He would like me to do some cold calls for him on an ongoing basis. How would you charge? Hourly or by the call? What do you all think? Thank you. Julie I would go for hourly plus comission if you're expected to make sales.

#7 (permalink)   06-14-2008 misskimble Contributing Member My latest Twitter: Follow @elevaterbc2010 for all your rbc info   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Oh Posts: 54 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? Oh and Congratulations on your new client Japhylis! I almost forgot.... Good for you!!!

#8 (permalink)   09-17-2008 Desert DiVA New Member   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 34 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? I had a chat with my attorney re:cold calls. He frightened me just a bit. If you make cold calls are you checking the number against the Federal "Do Not Call" list? I ask because he said that if I make a sales call to someone on that list, they can sue my client and (gasp!) they can sue me. I can only update info and can discuss my clients services if they bring it up first. According to the lawyer.... Anyone else heard this? Tamara

#9 (permalink)   09-17-2008 Administrative Partners Active Member Company name: Administrative Partners, LLC Latest blog post: 5 Steps to Create a Successful Marketing Plan My latest Twitter: working on my social media strategy   Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Virtually Anywhere Posts: 667 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? This is one of the many reasons, I DO NOT DO COLD CALLS.. If you are concerned about this, one way to protect yourself (and you might want to run this by your attorney) is to let the client know that the calls you make must be vetted through the DO NOT CALL list. He must put it in writing that this is the case before any calls are made. __________________ Tamika R. Johnson, MBA, Principal administrative partners, llc www.administrativepartners.net | http://adminpartners.blogspot.com

#10 (permalink)   09-17-2008 VBP Active Member Company name: Virtual Business Partners Virtual Assistant Blog: Goal Setting to Get Results My latest Twitter: If you can help clients navigate between "Rod...   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Woodridge, IL Posts: 858 Re: How Should Cold Calls For A Client Be Charged? I offer this service as well. I charge hourly at my normal rate. However, as mentioned before, if you are calling the consumer market, you have to scrub the calling list against the DNC registry. If you go to their site, there was mention of how to register your self as a caller. I don't call the consumer market for this reason. If you are calling business, you should be fine. __________________ Doreen R. Patrick, MVA, ACS, CIVA www.virtualbusinesspartners.net