[jotucker1983]

On a cold call, don't leave a voicemail and put the phone number back in the dialer queue. Leaving a voicemail allows the recipient to jump to conclusions about you and puts you at a disadvantage.

Lol, Archie what disadvantage? By not leaving a voicemail, you are failing to communicate and market whatever message it is you are trying to send to the prospective client. Seeing as though most prospective clients are "hit and miss", by not leaving a voicemail, you fail to create the opportunity of actually communicating whatever message/pitch you have to the prospective client.

I used to leave voicemails in the past and I think the response rate was less than 1%. I decided to save my vocal chords for actual conversations.

Again, if you are calling a ton of numbers then you should be using a web based predictive dialer, which allows you to push a button to leave a pre-recorded voicemail.

And the response rate to voicemails might be 1% - 3% let's say, in terms of "callbacks", but understand you aren't calling the prospect one time anyway. When you call them back let's say a second time and catch the person, they will also remember the voicemail you left which means the call isn't a complete "blind/cold" one as much anymore. Very similar to if you sent them material in the mail and followed up with a telephone call to "discuss it".