Showing posts with label cold calling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cold calling. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sick of Cold Calling? Then Try B2B Lead Generation Service

For a lot of companies, the use of cold calling service is something that can be seen as a complete waste of time. Aside from getting negative public reaction from people who do not want to be called, there are also other costs that can drive a sales operation down. Of course, there is a way around that. All that is needed is to use B2B lead generation services. For those that have doubts in it, this is actually a very good means for you to get a lot of qualified leads. Good B2B leads are actually a very good means for your company to stay in business.

There are plenty of reasons why you should try a lead generation service:

First – it is effective. It can deliver to your firm a large number of sales leads that you and your company can follow up. All you need to do is to concentrate more on your selling skills.

Second – it is consumer-friendly. No need to worry about those bad cold calls. Thanks to improvements in modern telemarketing techniques, it is possible now for your firm to get a lot of B2B leads. And there is no need for you to be concerned about its negative effects, which is negligible.

Lastly – it is very affordable. By outsourcing the job, you can actually save your firm a lot of time and money. And it’s not only that, it also increases your efficiency in making a sale or closing a deal. The rest can be taken cared of by professional telemarketers.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Cold-Calling Tips: Prepare Before Calling To Ensure Success

When a person is armed with good attitude, an arsenal skills and wit, it would be very difficult for failure to allow such man on bended knows. With cold-calling, the same applies. If telemarketers are unprepared, there is a fat chance that a phone conversation would end in tears of disappointment.

An objection fired in a cold call has become usual that it would be rare for a cold-caller not to hear a single rejection. To effectively manage oppositions, preparation is the best remedy. When is an individual deemed prepared? Here are several ways:

• Dig up information through research and do this before a phone call is made. With this, you will have relevant topics to discuss with your sales leads. Moreover, it will catch the prospects' attention. After all, what they want to talk is on things that can improve them professionally and/or personally.
• Make your prospects anticipate your call. This can be done by sending a marketing collateral through direct mail, email, fax voicemail. Just be assured that the message had been received before initiating a phone call.
• Prepare a testimonial statement. This contains how your company had been a good aid to previous clients. Then connect this idea with how your firm can do the same with the prospects.
• Create a FAQ's list and try answering them. This will boost your self-esteem and reduce anxiety.
• Don't stop practicing. Keep in mind that cold-calling is a profession. It can only be polished through experiences and constant practice.
• Improve your skills. This can be made possible by following the preceding statements.

Cold-calling Is Not Cold After All

Many will say that cold-calling is a dull, boring and a less interesting job. If it really it is, then perhaps, it will be fair to say that cold-callers are dull, boring, and less interesting people. After all, who does a cold-calling job? Additionally, this is supported by human nature itself that our actions tell us who we really are.

It does not need to be Einstein-like to know how to get fun while being effective in cold-calling. Some telemarketers thought that cold-calling is a daily struggle when in fact it is a challenge. It is a goal that when achieved through practice and skills, brings a lot of fun. Who says doing business is not fun? I digress.

Here are the following reasons why cold-calling is too far from the common misconception of “dull, boring and less interesting”.

1. Your work provides solutions to the company, the client of the company and the sales leads. There could be no greater hell than to be of little help. You work is to seek those who have existing problems and to provide immediate solutions to them. The joy it brings is a hundredfold to yourself. You become happier when you know that someone you had helped is happy, even to strangers.
2. Cold-calling is one way to meet new people. Though it might not be the right place, it cannot be denied that a phone call is another avenue for you to meet new people. When your mission is to be friends with these prospects by providing them with the solutions of their problems, you will be stimulated to be more productive.
3. Cold-calling is an education in itself. You learn both good communication and interpersonal skills.