When You’re Hungry for Sales, Consider These Lead-Gen Tools
When people ask how successful b to b telemarketing can be I always say the program is only as good as your list. When implementing a lead generation program it’s important to know who are your best prospects. If your selling shoes
Sales-Marketing Alignment: What B2B marketers can learn from a one-person team that drove a 10% product demo conversion
This is a case study that Marketing Sherpa wrote about one of our customers. Although it was written in 2011 the process is still the same. SUMMARY: Marketing/Sales alignment receives a lot of attention because when these teams work closely together, the
How Can Humor Help You Telemarketers
When conducting training’s on cold calling and telemarketing I always stress that adding humor to your conversation increases your credibility and begins to develop a sales relationship. When I first started IT’S YOUR CALL a longtime telephone sales rep and expert appointment setter
5 Ways to Reach an Evasive Decision Maker
In the e-book “Cold Calling for the Clueless” it states the “the Gatekeeper is our friend” in this article that statement is reinforced. I have several anecdotes how an appointment is set with all communication being through the gatekeeper. I’m not quite sure how I
Why Holiday Prospecting Works
Making business to business telemarketing calls during the holidays can be an extremely productive endeavor. The article below states what we explain to our customers and prospects “when they want to hold off until the beginning of the year”. It only makes
How to Handle Rejection in Cold-Calling
Although b to b telemarketing is a lot less negative than b to c telemarketing it still takes a thick skin to handle the rejection that can occur when making cold calls. Even when making follow up calls (warm calls)
10 Sales Stats to Keep in Mind in 2016
To utilize these sales stats one would have to utilize the phone efficiently and effectively. We’ve done several campaigns helping companies with their b to b sales process with follow up calling and lead qualification. Here are ten sales stats, accompanied by
There’s No Such Thing as “No Decision”
We do database cleaning for many of our customers. The cleaning is done to their prospect list that at some point had interest but there was “no decision”. When we call on the list we not only determine the correct
Prospecting
This article from Entrepreneur not only defines prospecting but differentiates between cold, warm and hot prospects and how each should be handled. Customers use IT’S YOUR CALL for all aspects of prospecting. Definition: The search for potential customers or buyers . When it comes to drumming up new
9 Steps to Revitalize Your B2B Trade Show Marketing Strategy
March is the start of Trade show Season! The article below discusses trade show marketing strategy for before during and after exhibiting at the show. Interesting that under the follow up section email is used and there is no method