Monday, September 20, 2010

Generating Leads through Telemarketing

Like it or not, the most accepted way to get quality leads is still through telemarketing. It's been around for the longest time since a lot of people find it to be the most efficient way to get leads. Nowadays, call center companies get quality leads through the use of newer methods like email campaigns and social media techniques. Nonetheless, research studies and surveys tells us that the most effective way of marketing continues to be the telephone. Business firms are looking at the potential of SMS as a viable way to effectively reach the potential customers. Something as personal as a phone call cannot be disregarded that easily. It’s not surprising that telemarketing call centers rely heavily on the telephone to generate leads.

The telemarketing call center agents who are delegated with this kind of work are specially trained as lead generation is a specialized skill. They're taught basic telemarketing techniques, including a little, if not a lot of fundamental marketing along with fundamental psychology so that they might handle the reactions of potential customers regarding unwanted calls on their mobile phones from telemarketing companies. A knowledge of rudimentary psychology also helps in dealing with irate and ticked-off customers. Fact is, dealing with verbally abusive customers is somewhat of a challenge for BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) agents.

At times, lead generation require market surveys to be conducted. An outbound call center team is usually delegated with the task of conducting market surveys. A database is then provided with the phone numbers of the targeted demographics. The call center agents are trained in such a way that they can ask questions that elicits a response, even from people who loathes to be part of such surveys. As the famous saying goes: 'it's not what you say its how you say it.' Get the prospect to talk to you comfortably and it's smooth sailing from there.

It's important to note that lead generation techniques will give you an insight on who and what your rival companies are all about. Your call center agents will have to convince the prospective customer why your product or service is better than the one they're using or is better than the ones already in the market. It goes without saying that your BPO agents can handle that only when the particular data is available to them. They have to know the competition inside and out so they can justify their pitch.

Consumers today have smartened-up exponentially that they can easily see through half-baked data or a half-hearted agent. This is the part of telemarketing where you offer them genuine information to convince them that you're not either one.


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