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Outbound telemarketing The telephone is the Swiss Army knife in the B-to-B marketer’s backpack: a flexible, personal, dependable resource with infinite applications. The DMA’s 2010 Response Rate Report reported a healthy 1.68% response rate to B-to-B prospecting letter mail and 2.18% to its cheaper cousin, postcard mail.
Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? When you receive referral introductions from people your prospects know and trust, they (and their gatekeepers) will happily take your call. They know it’s a pesky telemarketer calling. Think again. Why would they?
Telemarketing Inbound. Telemarketing Outbound (qualification and lead generation). Telemarketing Sales. Sales lead acquisition devices at tradeshows and conferences. There may be a half-dozen outside vendors managing some aspects of lead management: Sales Lead Management and Fulfillment Firm. Digital Agencies.
Top choices include teleprospecting, direct marketing, search engine marketing, website, and tradeshows. Even with the growing number of digital routes, outbound phone calling, or teleprospecting, remains a powerful method to engage personally with your prospects. In fairness, our industry has created the image.
Prospects and customers either answered the phone (or pager) or their PA did. It was expected that you build a relationship and schmooze prospects with lunches, networking events, in-house days and free giveaways, whereas today so many more people are involved in the decision making process. Contact was relatively simple.
Marketing tries to qualify a greater number of prospects. Listen to presentations at tradeshows. Now marketing and sales know what a qualified lead is versus an uqualified prospect. Telemarketing scripts. Prospects who admit to a short time frame to buy go directly to reps; others may need to be further qualified.
The same reason you primed the pump for existing territories with qualified prospects that close faster applies to new territories. By increasing the marketing spend to increase leads, especially qualified leads, I turned the dollars loose on: Telemarketing to previous leads who did not buy. Create qualified leads for new territories.
Nor is inside sales the same thing as telemarketing. Unlike telemarketing which is scripted, inside sales require skilled salespeople. The primary benefit of utilizing outside sales reps is that prospects receive a personalized sales experience with more detailed product information and demonstrations.
A recent BtoB Magazine article by Carol Krol, "Copy this: Telemarketing big with Xerox" shows that, although the phone may not be as buzz worthy as other lead generation tools, it remains the backbone to successful lead generation. However, as Krol’s article shows, the telephone shouldn’t stand alone.
However still, deep down inside, a knot develops in your gut when you hear the prospect mention their name. . Not another lead from the telemarketing service!” . All those leads from the tradeshow are horrible!” . 5: A Particular Objection. 6: A Particular Lead Source. “Oh Are some leads better than others are?
Increased budgets of this nature are including outbound telemarketing and lead generation companies. While everyone wants less expensive leads in the form of prospects who identify themselves via company websites, traditional direct marketing is still needed to educate prospects and drive them to websites. Use BANT qualifiers.
So, I’m committing to spending time on-camera answering your questions and sharing powerful tips and methods to revolutionize your prospecting. Think you’re getting away with cold calling and pretending you’re best buddies with your prospect? They know it’s a pesky telemarketer calling. Always free. Always fabulous! Think again.
But these prospects raised their hands," they tell you. Let me ask you this…how do you feel about making an introduction face to face with a person you are meeting for the first time at a tradeshow? When you get a prospect on the phone, always ask, "Do you have a quick sec?" In fact, they kind of like it.
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