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Has anyone run the numbers to conclude which cold approach method works the best?
Right now I'm doing very direct: "Hey, you seem interesting, I wanted to get to know you".
Somehow my whole persona is about being direct, but apparently guys say that it's not always the best method.
What are your experiences with daygame / cold approach?
Don't know who told you that. I highly disagree.
Be direct and forward.
KillYourInnerLoser is right.
"Hey I thought you were attractive and wanted to say hi".
Most of the numbers I pickup are 30 to 60 second convos.
I've seen absolutely no difference if the conversation is longer. Long conversations don't seem to make any difference to whether she gives the number or not.
What's working is
"Hey you're cute, I want to say hi. I'm brandon"
Then winging the entire conversation for as long as I feel like.
Then ending it by saying.
"We should grab coffee sometime. What's your number?"
Then I leave. No lingering conversation after that.
Indirect is basically a lack of confidence and AA imo.
All the extremely proficient approachers I've known; Mike Mehlman, Scotty, Chris Deoudes.
Guys who have done 10s of thousands of approaches are direct.
Toast is the guy approaching the most right now. If he wants to chip in. But I'm pretty sure he'll just agree with me.
Worry less about the best method and worry more about getting more reps in. That's the best way to learn.
As Chris says: Work harder not smarter.