Its all about presentation, not getting rejected is about making a good first impression. I try to keep any first contact with someone who I would like to get a number from to under five minutes. Its enough time to present yourself as confident, relay some intresting information and ask for a number. Really, rejection is a form of weeding out people, don't give up instantly but know when you are defeated. If you want to really get sneaky, use the old bait and switch, ask for someones email (which is much less evasise the telephone) and as the write tell them to put their name and then phone number underneath, once they start writing they will put down a number.
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