In a sales world flooded with automation and Ai, knocking on a door is no throwback. It is the most direct way left to cut through the noise and get remembered.
Art Post nailed it. His blog, When Emails Bounce and Calls Go Cold — Knock on the Door, isn’t nostalgia for a lost era of selling. It is a blunt reminder for anyone who thinks the road to quota is paved entirely in clicks, Ai-generated sequences, and automated drip campaigns. The man laced up, walked into an electrical company cold, left with a real conversation, then strolled into a law office and uncovered a lease expiration that email would have never surfaced. Two walk-ins. Two live opportunities.
That’s not “back in my day.” That’s how you win right now.