It’s getting cold outside, but that doesn’t mean your cold calls have to freeze your sales pipeline. Tune in to hear my hack for warming up your prospects and getting them more receptive to your proposals.   Reach Out to Prospects on LinkedIn People are naturally skeptical of sellers, especially if they’ve never met you. That’s where connecting on LinkedIn can be a game-changer.   Use LinkedIn Sales Navigator or a similar tool to identify your prospects’ triggers and build a targeted list of potential clients.   Establishing a LinkedIn connection with your prospect before sending an email increases the chances they’ll respond positively when you cold call. It’s all about building familiarity and trust.   Make an Introduction Before Cold Calling Think back to the caveman days—introductions have always been essential to building trust.   By making an introduction first, you transform a cold call into a warm call because the prospect already knows who you are.   Establishing trust with your prospects through LinkedIn or a prior introduction sets the foundation for a successful sales conversation.   “When a trusted source vouches for someone, we’re far more likely to do business with them.” - Donald Kelly.  Resources The Sales Evangelist Sales Planner Cold Call Openers The Sales Evangelizers Facebook Group Sales Mastermind Group Sponsorship Offers This episode is brought to you in part by Hubspot. With HubSpot sales hubs, your data tools and teams join a single platform to close deals and turn prospects into pipelines. Try it for yourself at hubspot.com/sales. 2.            This episode is brought to you in part by LinkedIn. Are you tired of prospective clients not responding to your emails? Sign up for a free 60-day trial of LinkedIn Sales Navigator at linkedin.com/tse. 3.            This episode is brought to you in part by the TSE Sales Foundation. Improve your connection on LinkedIn and land three or five appointments with our LinkedIn prospecting course. Go to the salesevangelist.com/linkedin. Credits As one of our podcast listeners, we value your opinion and always want to improve the quality of our show. Complete our two-minute survey here: thesalesevangelist.com/survey. We’d love for you to join us for our next episodes by tuning in on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Stitcher, or Spotify. Audio provided by Free SFX, Soundstripe, and Bensound. Other songs used in the episodes are as follows: The Organ Grinder written by Bradley Jay Hill, performed by Bright Seed, and Produced by Brightseed and Hill.