Thursday, December 2, 2010

Cold-Calling 101: Tips To Be Successful

Most will dissent if you say that cold-calling is fun. Well, that is true. However, this telemarketing medium is one of the most effective methods in lead generation, Well, that is another form of truth. When you do appointment setting, you call. When you give updates, you call. When you nurture your existing or new sales leads, you call. These are just some of the incalculable instances where cold-calling is needed and is the most effective.

Cold-calling is efficient. This is one of the many facts that some telemarketers just could not savor. Why? It goes back to how they execute a phone call and, in addition, how they connect with their customers. When they fail, the rest follows. However, this is not an accepted excuse for them to be defeated with rejections and objections. The secret ingredient to any form of success, personal or in business, is discipline.

Here are some of the helpful tips that a cold-caller must constantly practice:

1. Be determined and dedicated to excel in prospecting.

2. Gain a wide information from the products and/or services you are selling up to the specific needs and problems of the sales prospects.

3. Target the decision-makers.

4. Improve your self-esteem and competency.

5. Proper timing.

6. When gatekeepers, like receptionist and attendant, receive your phone call/s, show them respect.

7. Keep on learning by seeking advice to experts.

8. Set goals to motivate yourself.

9. Do not doubt what you are promoting.

10. Keep on believing on what you can do.

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