Outsourcing Telesales

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Hi,

Those of you who have Agencies/ work as a freelancer... have you ever had success outsourcing telesales?

As I am not great personally at selling on the phone I am thinking about hiring someone to close leads for me. I do not have $1000's to through at this if it is not going to work.. so I was thinking about paying a $xxx figure per closed sale?

Any advice on this sort of campaign would be appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author tlfulmer
    Originally Posted by George8 View Post

    Hi,

    Those of you who have Agencies/ work as a freelancer... have you ever had success outsourcing telesales?

    As I am not great personally at selling on the phone I am thinking about hiring someone to close leads for me. I do not have $1000's to through at this if it is not going to work.. so I was thinking about paying a figure per closed sale?

    Any advice on this sort of campaign would be appreciated.
    Have done this both successfully and unsuccessfully. For success, it will be difficult to outsource phone sales on commission only. We found success after going through several candidates in the Philippines and one in Jamaica. We paid a weekly salary plus a bonus on closed sales. The real success came from both finding someone who was comfortable on the phone and also having the right script and training for the person to help them succeed. Just hiring and expecting them to know how to sell for you is a recipe for disaster. Recommendation, post job on odesk; invite best prospects to an over view call or webinar to better qualify them, then hire 2-4 for a trial period. keep the best. or go back to looking. Have helped several clients go through this process and have found the best success with it over other ways or outsourcing. hope this helps. Remember to have the scripts and training ready to go for them to help them succeed and plan on weekly or daily Q&A to address issues early in the process.
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    Thanks. Did you get them to set appointments for you or do everything and close the sale? How many sales per month would you expect a good worker from the phillipines to make?
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