Telemarketing from Philippines to US?

Thanks for the idea. I am a little concerned about setting it up for someone I have never tried out though. I need a low cost way to try someone for a few days and see if they are any good on the phone.

I like the detailed Facebook idea too. I think you missed a detail in the Skype to Skype suggestion; I actually think it's an excellent idea. Doing Skype to Skype is only so that I can talk to them myself, and see if I think they can handle the job; not so they can call businesses that way.

Thanks, I've got it covered. I will have them calling only the west coast starting as early as they are comfortable getting up; probably 7am their time, which is 3pm Pacific.

That gives them 2 hours to call during business hours. Since they will mainly be generating leads; getting the business to call me, they can then leave messages after hours until about 8pm my time, not later, due to the fact that there are business owners that have calls forwarded, and we won't want to disturb them.

Business Process Outsourcing

Thanks for the suggestion. The main reason I like the Philippines is that I can get college educated workers with a great attitude, that are delighted to start out at $2-3 an hour. Someone in the US working 50 hours a week at that rate would be homeless.

Call centers take their cut too, so there is no way they can compete on price; quality is another matter. I get that it's my job to sort that out, and it might mean trying several people to find one good one, but I think the end result is worth the trouble. One new client, and the caller's salary is covered.

I'll be happy to pay more than $3 an hour when someone proves to be an asset, and in fact, right off the bat, I'm offering a bonus for leads that turn into sales; they don't have to close to get a bonus.

Thanks again for chiming in.

One more thing: Develop your Facebook PPC ad in a way that instantly communicates the advantageous benefits they can get by working with you as a homebased telemarketer, in contrast to their planned or existing inhouse telemarketing job. Why?

Those with inhouse telemarketing day jobs check their Facebook accounts before the start (or right after the end) of their work day, while those planning to apply for an inhouse telemarketing job also regularly check their Facebook accounts. You'd most likely get a lot of qualified applicants (or applicants with significant relevant experience and skills) from these groups, and you'll grab their attention when they learn (via your Facebook PPC ad title, description and linked page content) about the advantages working with you as a homebased telemarketer can give them, as opposed to continuing with their day jobs, or pushing through with their intended inhouse telemarketing job applications, i.e. Less stress, higher pay, flexible shifts (if you offer this), easier to sell products or service offers, higher commissions and so on. Also:

I suggest hiring part time homebased telemarketers, instead of full time telemarketers. For instance, if you need three full time homebased telemarketers, then I recommend hiring six part timers instead. I don't have homebased telemarketing associates at the moment in my ICT outsourcing company (we had a few, around 12 back in November), but, similar to our other homebased associates (homebased English content researchers/writers, software programmers, Web developers, graphics artists and VAs):

Our homebased part timers have been outperforming our homebased full timers since 2006. As for our inhouse associates, our full time employees have been outperforming our part time employees since 2006. This is mainly because our part time employees have other things running in their heads time and again, usually their post graduate classes, examinations, their own small to medium brick and mortar family businesses, their family affairs and so on, while most of our full time employees only have their family affairs to think of after work...