Tightening our telemarketing openers

We’re redesigning scripts for a 12-seat team and A/B testing two permission-based intros across 2,100 calls this week — one value-first, one problem-first. For those who’ve run similar tests, did keeping the opener under 9 seconds lift contact-to-appointment rate more than explicitly asking for 27 seconds up front?

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