Posts Tagged ‘telesales’

Telesales and telemarketing training for contract cleaning companies

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Contract cleaning companies rely heavily on telesales and telemarketing, and To Market gets many training and development enquiries from this industry sector. Having an effective telesales or telemarketing team is important if you are trying to generate new leads and new business opportunities in contract cleaning.

Not all contract cleaners are as cheap to pay as this one !
Not all contract cleaners are as cheap to pay as this one !

Building a good database or list is fairly straightforward if you’re a contract cleaning company as most business of a certain profile will have a potential use for your services.

To Market training for contract cleaning companies usually starts with the onsite team audit where we will come and listen in to your team for 2 hours. At that point we can give you a report back on your team, and areas for improvement. The 2 day in-house telephone communication skills course is then tailored to address the areas for improvement.
In addition as one contract cleaning client said recently “the other good thing about training is that it signals to my team that their role is valued and that I’m serious about their targets too !”
Give us a call on 01858 461148 to discuss your current business situation and your development plans. Maybe we can help.

Identifying needs

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The most important thing you need to do when you finally get through to your decision-maker (who is now a potential customer) is identify their needs. This you do by using a combination of communication skills. First you must listen really attentively. Listen to what they’re saying, and what they’re not saying. Listen to how they say it, what describing words they use (adjectives !) as this gives away a lot about what is going on in their head. Also it is important to ask questions – really good questions. Get them to consider possibilities and alternatives. Engage them mentally – they will appreciate it !

The third skill you may need is to talk benefits. If they’re interested and open to your approach, they will listen to you explain why your product or service is just right for them. This is how you then build interest. You are then more likely to be able to close them.  Try out the CD on identifying needs http://www.associatedlearningsystems.co.uk/product_detail.asp?ProdID=4 Buy the CD today using your credit card or your paypal account and you could be listening to it tomorrow.

This is an important part of the telesales and telemarketing training courses we run throughout the East and West Midlands including Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Northampton, Derby, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Loughborough, Coalville, Solihull, Lichfield, Tamworth, as well as wider parts of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. 

Remember to call back

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

If you’ve promised to call back at a specific time, do so. They will be impressed with your professionalism.

Customer Services Training Courses run by To Market

Customers like to say yes

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The most natural thing is to want to say yes when someone asks you a question. We all like to please I think.

I was away staying in a hotel in Warrington (while training), and I was about coming to the end of my meal. I’d had a bottle of beer and couldn’t decide whether to have another one or not. The waitress came by and said “Are you ok for drinks ?” I instinctively said “Yes.” There it was, the word was out and she was gone. I realised that if she’d asked the same question in a different way the outcome would have been different too. She could have said “Can I get you another beer ?” to which I’d have said “Yes !” and an extra sale would have been made. I wonder how many sales opportunities are missed because of this !