Outstalk Academy · Limited cohort

The unsexy skill that pays $3K–$5K a month

Cold calling for SMEs is the freelance skill nobody wants to learn, and the one companies are desperate to hire. Get trained. Get certified. Get staffed on real client missions from our network.

Watch this 4-minute breakdown before you apply.

6 weeks · ~1h/dayCohort of 40 maxStaffed on real missionsCoached by Alain Briez

The thesis

An old job nobody wants to do. That's the opportunity.

Everyone's chasing the same shiny things. Cold calling has been left for dead. The pay reflects that.

01

Everyone wants to build the next shiny thing

AI apps, no-code tools, content brands. They look impressive on LinkedIn. They take 18 months and $100K to maybe pay $2K/month.

02

Nobody wants to pick up the phone

Cold calling is the freelance skill that scares people the most. Which is exactly why the few who do it well are paid like specialists.

03

Companies are starving for callers

Every SME we talk to says the same thing: 'We can't find someone who actually picks up the phone and books meetings.' That's the gap.

The numbers behind the program

Not aspirational. Just what's happening across our active partners.

$3,500
Median first-client retainer
across active partners
23 days
Avg. time to first booked client
for partners we staff
12+
Active client missions
open in our network right now
1:1
Live coaching access
with Alain throughout the program

Your mentor

Trained by an operator, not an influencer.

mentor.outstalk.com/alain-briez
Alain Briez — serial founder and lead mentor
Alain Briez
Serial founder · Lead mentor
Coaching live this cohort

10+ years building companies the unsexy way.

Alain is a serial founder with over a decade in B2B services and SaaS. He built and exited a 7-figure marketing agency powered by outbound — not paid ads, not content, not luck. He's personally made tens of thousands of cold calls, and trained the teams that made hundreds of thousands more.

The frameworks in this course aren't reverse-engineered from a book. They're his own playbooks, sharpened by 10+ years of getting hung up on, getting back up, and closing anyway.

7-figure agency exit

Built and sold a marketing agency that crossed seven figures — driven by outbound, not ads.

10+ years in entrepreneurship

Multiple companies founded, scaled, and sold. Sales is the through-line on every one of them.

50,000+ cold calls personally

Yes, personally. Alain still picks up the phone. The frameworks in this course came from his own dial logs.

Hands-on, not hands-off

Weekly live coaching, recorded call reviews, and direct feedback. This is a course, not a content drop.

The curriculum

A to Z. The complete cold caller operating system.

8 modules, ~40 lessons, certification project, and live coaching every week.

Module 015 lessons

The Cold Caller Mindset

Before the dial. The internal operating system that separates the 1% who hit $5K/mo from the 99% who quit in week two.

  • Why most callers crack in week 1 — and it's never the script
  • The no-attachment framework for handling 50 rejections a day
  • Designing a daily rhythm you can sustain for 12 months
  • The pipeline math: dials → conversations → meetings → revenue
  • Why you should charge premium rates from day one
Module 024 lessons

Picking a Niche That Actually Pays

Not every SME is worth calling. We map the verticals where cold calling has the highest ROI in 2026 and how to position yourself inside one.

  • The 7 SME verticals where cold calling still prints money
  • How to pick a niche you'll commit to for 6+ months
  • Sourcing clean contact data without paying $400/month
  • Building your first 500-lead list in under 2 hours
Module 035 lessons

The Pre-Call Engine

Set up your stack once, run it forever. Dialer, enrichment, CRM, calendar — the boring infra that makes the calling part effortless.

  • Stack setup: Outstalk, dialer, CRM, calendar
  • Lead enrichment that doesn't waste hours
  • A 90-second pre-call research routine
  • Voicemail strategy (yes, leave them — and what to say)
  • When SMEs actually pick up: A/B testing call windows
Module 048 lessons

Anatomy of a Killer Cold Call

The conversation itself. Openers, qualification, objections, close. Built from 50,000+ recorded calls and stress-tested in live coaching.

  • The 6-second pattern interrupt that earns you 30 more seconds
  • The permission opener that triples connect rates
  • Qualifying SMEs without sounding like a script
  • The 5 objections that account for 90% of 'no's — and what to say
  • Asking for the meeting (a close that doesn't feel like one)
  • Booking confirmations that don't no-show
  • Live call breakdowns of Alain's own recordings
  • Drills: 30-minute exercises to internalize the moves
Module 055 lessons

Running a Personal Sales Operation

Turn calling into a business, not a job. KPIs, calendar engineering, pricing models, and reporting clients actually love.

  • The 4 KPIs that matter — and the 12 that don't
  • Calendar engineering: 80–150 calls/day without burning out
  • Pricing your service: per-meeting, per-lead, retainer
  • What clients actually want in a weekly report
  • Reporting templates and dashboards we use internally
Module 065 lessons

Landing Your First Clients

If you don't join the partner program, here's exactly how to get clients on your own. Same playbook we use.

  • The 3 outreach channels that work for SME services in 2026
  • The 'calling-the-callers' method: outbound to your own buyers
  • Discovery calls with prospects: the 9 questions to ask
  • Proposal templates: scope, pricing, guarantees
  • Onboarding: contracts, expectations, kickoff checklist
Module 074 lessons

The Difficult Conversations

The week-4 wall. The client whose results aren't there yet. The negotiation. The breakup. We don't pretend they don't happen.

  • Surviving the week-4 burnout window
  • Talking to a client whose results aren't there yet
  • Negotiating a rate increase after month 2
  • Knowing when — and how — to fire a client
Module 085 lessons

Scaling Beyond Solo

Optional, but a lot of our partners want it. The path from $5K solo to $10K+ as a tiny outbound agency.

  • When to bring in a second caller (and when not to)
  • Writing SOPs you can hand off in a day
  • Pricing for a 2–3 person team vs. solo
  • Recruiting and training other callers
  • Your 12-month roadmap to $10K+/mo
+ Certification project & Outstalk Partner badge

Complete the program with a real-world campaign you build, dial, and report on. Pass it, and you enter the partner roster we staff against live client missions.

How the program works

Three steps. No fluff. From your first dial to your first staffed mission.

01

Train

6 weeks of structured curriculum, live coaching, and recorded reps from Alain. Built so you can keep your current job until you don't need it.

02

Certify

Pass a real-world certification project: build a campaign, book qualified meetings, get scored by senior callers. No fluff badge — a hiring signal.

03

Get Staffed

Certified partners enter our active mission roster. When clients ask for callers, we staff you. You pick what fits. You keep the relationship.

The differentiator

You don't hunt clients alone.

Pass certification and we staff you on real missions from SME clients in our network.

Your partner profile
YOU
Certified Partner
Active on the roster
Niche
SaaS · SMB
Capacity
2 clients
✓ Ready to be staffed
OUTSTALK
Acme Corp
12 booked meetings/mo
$3.2K/mo
Globex SaaS
SMB outbound — FR market
$4.0K/mo
Stark Industries
Demo qualification calls
$3.5K/mo
+9 more open missions this quarter
Pre-qualified missions

Briefs, scope, and pricing already negotiated. You just take the calls.

You own the relationship

Not an employee, not a marketplace. Independent partner. Transparent placement fees on month 1–3.

Ongoing coaching

Partner-only Slack, monthly clinics with Alain, and access to new playbooks as we ship them.

Be honest with yourself.

We'd rather you opt out now than churn in week 3.

This is for you if

  • You want a freelance income in months, not years
  • You're done with content grinds, drop-shipping, and AI side hustles
  • You have something to prove — to yourself or someone else
  • You can handle being told 'no' 50 times before lunch
  • You'd rather do a real, hard thing than a fake, easy one

This isn't for you if

  • You're looking for passive income or 'sell while you sleep'
  • You need a fully shiny, comfortable, Insta-friendly job
  • You won't make 80–150 calls a day for 12 weeks
  • You think a 1-hour course can replace 6 weeks of work
  • You're allergic to feedback, coaching, and being uncomfortable

They picked up the phone. Your turn.

Real partners. Real numbers. Real conversations they didn't want to have until they did.

I had zero sales background. Three weeks into the program I was on my first staffed mission. The hardest part was the first week — exactly what they told me.

Thomas R.
Ex-developer · 4 client missions
$6,200/mo

I'd been an SDR for two years and thought I knew cold calling. Module 4 alone doubled my booked rate. The partner program took the client-hunting off my plate.

Sarah M.
Former SDR · Now independent partner
$4,800/mo

I started during my last semester. Six months later I make more than my friends in full-time roles. The mindset module is what made me stick.

Karim B.
Recent grad · First freelance gig
$3,500/mo

Apply

One cohort. 40 seats. Application-based.

We staff our partners on live missions. We won't scale that past what we can support.

Founding cohort pricing

Outstalk Academy · Cold Caller

$1,990
$990
One payment · Lifetime access · Partner roster eligibility
  • 8 modules · ~40 video lessons
  • Live group coaching every week (6 weeks)
  • 1-on-1 review with Alain at week 3
  • Certification project + Outstalk Partner badge
  • Access to active client missions after certification
  • Private Slack with current partners
  • Lifetime updates and new modules included
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
Apply for the cohort

Application + 15-min call. We confirm fit before you pay anything.

Frequently asked questions

I have zero sales experience. Is this for me?

Yes — most of our best partners had none. The course starts from zero. The skill is more emotional than technical, and that's exactly what we train.

How long until I get my first client?

Most partners book a first staffed mission within 30 days of certifying. The full program runs 6 weeks at roughly 1 hour per day, plus weekly live coaching.

What is the partner program, exactly?

Once you pass certification, you enter our active mission roster. When clients in our network need callers, we staff you. You keep the client relationship. We get a transparent placement fee on the first months. No, you're not an employee — you're independent.

What if I don't want to be staffed and prefer my own clients?

Totally fine. Module 06 is a full playbook for landing clients directly. The partner program is an option, not an obligation.

Do I need Outstalk to take the course?

No. The methodology is tool-agnostic. We use Outstalk in demos because it's what we built, but any modern dialer works.

What's the time commitment?

Plan ~1 hour per day for 6 weeks, plus 90 minutes per week of live coaching. After that, calling itself is the work — that's a separate, real job.

Is there a refund policy?

30-day money-back guarantee. If you follow the method, complete the assignments, and don't see clear progress, we refund. We'd rather not take your money than take it for nothing.

In 6 weeks you can be on the roster.

Or you can keep doing what you're doing now. The math hasn't changed.

30-day money-back guarantee · Pay only after we confirm fit