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What is the Best Time to Make Cold Calls?
You can’t sell to someone you can’t reach. Knowing this, we set out to identify the times when our
prospectors had the best chance to connect with prospects. We analyzed thousands of calls and
identified the hours and days with the highest connect rate. And now we’re sharing the analysis with you.
The Best Time of Day
sales@insightsquared.com
The Best Day of the Week
Tuesdays between 10 and 4 is the optimal time for cold calling, giving your reps a 30% higher chance of
connecting with prospects than other common calling windows. Have your reps make the most of this window by
keeping mornings open for calling and using afternoon and end-of-week times for team meetings and research.
#1 Salesforce Analytics
Although a lot of conventional wisdom
says to cold call early in the morning
and at the end of the work day, our
analysis told a different story: The
best window for cold calls is between
10am and 4pm. After beginning the
work day at around 5%, connect rate
surged to 8% around 10am and
hovered there until 4pm when it
declined sharply for the rest of the
evening.
Day of the week has almost as
much impact on connect rate as
time of day. Tuesday (with a 10%
connect rate) proved to be the best
day for reps to make calls, with
connect rate declining each
subsequent day before settling into
a low point on Friday (8.7%). A
difference of 1.3% may not seem
like a lot, but spread across a week
of calls, this slight improvement
adds opportunities to your pipeline.
Connect rate by time of day (in call recipient’s time zone)
Connect rate by day of week
The Takeaway: Connect Rates are Highest at Midday
Your results may vary. Want to learn the best times
for your own reps? Get a free trial of InsightSquared.

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Cold call-timing-v7

  • 1. What is the Best Time to Make Cold Calls? You can’t sell to someone you can’t reach. Knowing this, we set out to identify the times when our prospectors had the best chance to connect with prospects. We analyzed thousands of calls and identified the hours and days with the highest connect rate. And now we’re sharing the analysis with you. The Best Time of Day sales@insightsquared.com The Best Day of the Week Tuesdays between 10 and 4 is the optimal time for cold calling, giving your reps a 30% higher chance of connecting with prospects than other common calling windows. Have your reps make the most of this window by keeping mornings open for calling and using afternoon and end-of-week times for team meetings and research. #1 Salesforce Analytics Although a lot of conventional wisdom says to cold call early in the morning and at the end of the work day, our analysis told a different story: The best window for cold calls is between 10am and 4pm. After beginning the work day at around 5%, connect rate surged to 8% around 10am and hovered there until 4pm when it declined sharply for the rest of the evening. Day of the week has almost as much impact on connect rate as time of day. Tuesday (with a 10% connect rate) proved to be the best day for reps to make calls, with connect rate declining each subsequent day before settling into a low point on Friday (8.7%). A difference of 1.3% may not seem like a lot, but spread across a week of calls, this slight improvement adds opportunities to your pipeline. Connect rate by time of day (in call recipient’s time zone) Connect rate by day of week The Takeaway: Connect Rates are Highest at Midday Your results may vary. Want to learn the best times for your own reps? Get a free trial of InsightSquared.