Saturday, February 25, 2012

What You Need to Know about Telemarketing Agencies


Starting a telemarketing campaign using a telemarketing telesales center to handle either your inbound, outbound or both types of calls, is a little more difficult than you might think. Although, this type of campaign has long been proven successful, this does not mean it will automatically be a success, unless you strategically plan it out with the provider you chose.
Script
One thing you need to do as soon as you choose the telemarketing agency you want is to sit down and think of a good script, then consult with them as to its sales conversion possibbilities.  Your script should reflect the objectives you want from the campaign. Once the campaign is started you should still be vigilant as to the effectiveness of your campaign.

Integrate with other Marketing Campaigns
Once you choose the script and start the telemarketing process, you may want to consider integrating other marketing techniques to double your “Bang” so to speak. This will make the money you spend in advertising seem to affect your business less.
Set Your Timeline
Telesales marketing campaigns are not meant to go on indefinetely. Set a time for your campaign. This may also be influenced by your budget, but the best time line is about 21 days, although some campaigns extend to a month or more.
Telemarketing services offer you the ability to greatly increase your revenue and market directly to your customers, explaining what your services are and why they are beneficial. But this type of service also allows you to offer 24 hour customer service, allowing the marketing service to answer the phones after hours.

Cost
Before starting your telemarketing service campaign sit down and determine what your budget is. At one time using a telemarketing agency would cost an arm and a leg—only the large companies could do this. Now, there are all types of plans and these can cost as little as $500 to $1000 Eur. Of course, the smaller your budget is the shorter a time period you can use the service. However, you may be surprised at the amount of revenue you obtain from such services. This will allowyou to gradually increase your telemarketing budget.
Bottom Line
Telemarketing agencies can be your best friend, if you plan you campaign correctly, write a good script and have dependable follow up techniques to those set appointments. Of course, you can expect a certain percentage of false calls, or of people who are no longer interested in the product, but you will also have a large number of relevant leads that will lead to sales.


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