Enthusiasm and energy makes successful sales people. Our telesales training features work on the true impact of your voice : how a stranger can tell 40+ things about you from the first 6 words of a telephone conversation. Make sure your energy level and enthusiasm give the right image.
Telesales and telemarketing teams should be targeted on what the managers are targeted on. Too often teams are targeted to achieve something out of line with corporate objectives : for instance sales volume rather than profitable sales …..
Unsolicited telephone sales calls can be illegal. So this means you can’t simply start calling names and companies at random from a list. Make sure your telephone sales calls are legal by getting your list checked against the Corporate telephone preference service register.
What to do if you lose an order. It’s about doing the opposite of what you may feel inclined to do. Contact them, find out why you didn’t get the order and learn from the experience. This is what professional sales people do, and it will increase your opportunities for next time.
Get more flexibility with a short term telesales manager for your team. You may be appoint a manager from within the team. Maybe they lack some of the experience in the short -term. Alternatively you could look to hire someone who is the finished article – but naturally they cost more. You do have a third option. You could hire in an outside manager for a short period of time. That way you get the experience and expertise without the ongoing commitment.
If you have a junior or newly promoted telesales or telemarketing team leader, supervisor or manager, they may need some short-term support in setting up the key business systems that will help them with the ongoing managment of the team. We can help with this. KPIs, commission schemes, checking database quality. You name it, we’ve spent many years doing it !
Create a dynamic atmosphere with your telesales team. This is important, if you can help the team create a buzzy, dynamic, fun environment they will perform better. Success breeds success. Let’s talk about how to do it.
Advice on why not to hire a new telesales manager. If you’re currently looking to build up the telesales or telemarketing function in your company, you may be looking at recruiting a new telesales manager. Alternatively you may be looking to recruit one who has left. However there is a flexible alternative.
What is the difference between commission and bonus ? A question we frequently get asked by clients. Not only what is the difference, but equally importantly, “do we need both of them ?” and “how can we use them both to motivate our team in different ways ?”
Don’t hire a new telesales manager yet ! A more cost effective solution may be to hire in a quality team manager for a fixed or variable amount of time. Save yourself the overhead and avoid committing to a large salary to land a quality telesales manager who will help you develop your team. Then job done, they move on, you stop paying.