We will adhere to strict sales ethics, with none of the cold-calling that has given the industry such a bad name.

我们将严格遵守销售道德，杜绝已败坏本行业名声的陌生推销。

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And the truth is, you have to love cold-calling. After all these years, I still love it.

而事实是，你必须喜欢上这样冒然上门推销的方式，这些年来，我依然喜欢这样做。

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Too often, we spread ourselves too thin by setting up accounts on social media sites, going to networking mixers, cold-calling potential clients, asking interesting people out to lunch and so on.

一般来说，我们自己影响力很有限，仅仅通过建立公共媒体的账户，进行网络交流，随机打电话给潜在的顾客，邀请感兴趣的人去吃午餐等等。

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But when he went cold-calling, he relied as much on personality as investment theory.

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So instead of , say, cold-calling potential customers, he put up a profile on Manta.

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Other people have been tricked in their homes through cold-calling and doorstep selling, along with unsolicited e-mails.

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