--- title: "SDR Daily Schedule: Build Your Own Day | Skipcall" description: "Call blocks at the right hours, list prepared the day before, CRM as you go: the rules of an SDR day, then an exercise to build yours and get it scored." url: https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/sdr-daily-schedule language: en --- [Stage 1 · The SDR job](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr) # Build your typical day An SDR day is not something that happens to you, it is drawn the evening before. Three rules, then you place your own blocks on the grid. 8 min +80 XP 3/4 [Academy](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr) 0 % Rookie · 0 XP ## Rule 1: call blocks, not scattered calls A single call squeezed between two emails is expensive: you have to find the rhythm, the voice and the intent all over again. SDRs who hit target call in blocks of ninety minutes to two hours, phone in hand, inbox closed. The first fifteen minutes warm you up, the rest produce. Two blocks a day are usually enough. Put them where people pick up: the Skipcall team’s reference points are late morning and mid afternoon. Your list and your market may say otherwise, and your connect rate by hour has the final word. ## Rule 2: the list is prepared the day before Looking up a number, reading a LinkedIn page or checking a job title at the moment of dialing breaks the block. Preparation happens the evening before or first thing: tomorrow’s list, sorted, numbers validated, one line of context per contact. Thirty minutes of good preparation buy an hour of call block. It is the best exchange rate of your day. ## Rule 3: CRM as you go, never on Friday Every conversation leaves a thirty-second trace: outcome, next step, one sentence of context. If you push data entry to the evening you lose half the information and start hating your CRM. Keep a short slot after each call block to close your notes. Emails, LinkedIn and follow-ups are also grouped in one block, preferably after the afternoon call block, when fewer people pick up. ## Your turn: build your day On the grid below, place your activities in thirty-minute slots. The tool measures the share of your day spent in conversation, where your call blocks sit, how continuous they are and whether the CRM gets updated, then gives you three pieces of advice. You can also display a day suggested by Skipcall to compare. ## Key takeaways - Two call blocks of 90 minutes to 2 hours, placed where people pick up, beat scattered calls. - Tomorrow’s list is prepared the day before: 30 to 40 validated numbers, one angle per contact. - The CRM is updated after each block, thirty seconds per conversation. - Internal meetings go outside the best calling windows. ## Build your day Pick an activity, then click the slots. You can also drag across several slots. Activities Your day, 8:30 am to 6:30 pm Window where people pick up most Skipcall team reference points: 9 to 11 am and 2 to 5 pm. Your list may say otherwise. Score 0/100 0 % of the day on calls A day that happens to you Calls are rare or scattered: the rhythm never settles and conversations are missing. Group them. - 0 h of calling - No call slot placed yet - No call block - CRM: nothing to log without calls ### Three tips for this day 1. 1 Aim for at least four hours of calling a day, in two blocks: that is where conversations come from. 2. 2 Keep thirty minutes for list preparation: tomorrow’s list, sorted, numbers validated. 3. 3 Keep a real break: a day without one ends in tired calls. ## Go further - [Selling time calculator Measure how much of your week is really spent selling.](https://skipcall.io/en/tools/selling-time-calculator) - [When to call your prospects Each prospect’s local time and legal calling hours.](https://skipcall.io/en/tools/when-to-call) - [The SDR daily routine A full day, hour by hour.](https://skipcall.io/en/blog/sdr-daily-routine) A term you are not sure about? [The cold calling glossary](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/cold-calling-glossary)