Telemarketing Training Workshops

Our telemarketing workshops are effective, educational, measurable and driven by the bottom line. Financial, manufacturing, software, insurance, biotech, entertainment, advertising, consumer and other sales reps can all benefits from the skills taught in our phone sales training workshops.

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Workshop Objectives:

Participants in the Telephone Selling Skills training workshop will experience/learn to:

• Learn to handle difficult objections.
• Understand the difference between telephone and face-to-face selling.
• Use the telephone selling process so you can sell long-term relationships rather than low bids.
• Interview customers instead of pitching products.
• Think and respond like a business consultant.
• Understand different buyer types and behaviors so you can adapt to each style and create positive chemistry.
• Determine an optimum strategy for advantage over the competition.
• Differentiate your product and company Deal with multi-level sales structures.
• Identify and quantify the costs of sales.
• Determine opportunity areas for adding value to a customer’s business.

Telephone Sales Training:
6 Easy Steps to Great Phone Sales Training Skills

Have you ever heard a true professional on the telephone closing a sale? It's like poetry. There's no anxiety - just a smooth flow as he steers the sales process. How do we obtain such sales skills? We can listen to the pros and do what they do! The following comes from a sales veteran controlling the call from start to finish. You'll only hear the sales side, but that's all you'll need to get the gist. (Names, places, products changed for privacy).

Thank you for calling XYZ Corporation my name is Don how can I help you? Yes - that is currently available. The price is $1,000.

No, I'm sorry we would not be able to entertain an offer that low on a product of this caliber. You're essentially asking for a 70% price break. I'll be happy to work with you, but we'd need to be within market prices. Are you able to offer $850?

Well - $700 is a bit low. However, if I can get you approved today at $750 are you able to purchase right now over the phone. Great - what is the best telephone number and email to reach you. Thank you - and you can indeed purchase this today if I get you approved - Great! One moment while I check with my manager.

OK - provided we can wrap this up now it's yours at $750. What type of credit card did you want to use? Great - are you at your computer? Good - I'm going to send the information to fill out and we'll get this wrapped up right now....Did you get my email? Good - I'll stay on the line to ensure all goes smoothly and in case you have any questions. All set - wonderful and congratulation! Thank you for your business and please keep my contact information in case you have any questions or further needs!

Let's review the basic telephone sales training techniques that are built into this conversation.

The Six telephone sales training techniques

1) Sales Introduction: An introduction with the company name and your name is extremely important. People like to know they reached the right place and to whom they are talking. It also establishes you as a representative authority.

2) Saying No: He said no to the prospect's low ball offer. We often get so focused on saying yes that we forget NO is OK too. Don was kind, firm and did not waiver, hesitate or make excuses. He called the bluff and was able to move forward with little resistance.

3) Building Value: In saying no Don built value by referencing market conditions and the quality of his product. He used common sense logic implying the product's market value which must be respected as a guideline. He did not get angry at the offer or worry about not getting the sale. He simply flipped the table. He also "asked for it." "Are you able to get to offer $850?" and thus controlled the negotiations and moved them in the direction they needed to go.

5) Sales Negotiation: Don negotiated with the prospect, but on Don's terms. Essentially, Don said "look, if I'm going to do something for you, you need to do something for me" i.e., commit to an immediate purchase.

6) Followed Through: Just because he got the verbal agreement, Don ensured the sale was completed. The extra time it took to do this is minimal in light of trying to chase people down when they don't follow through. He also thanked the client for the sale and provided his contact information for any future needs.

The above was done with a positive, professional tone and attitude. Times are tough right now, but that's no excuse to skip the basics or to be unprofessional. Make these sales tips part of your daily telephone sales training and watch your sales increase exponentially.

Source: Theodore Olson Link

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