Course : Prospecting Over The Phone And Making Appointments

Prospecting Over The Phone And Making Appointments

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How can you make the telephone a powerful tool for sales action? How can you remove your own obstacles? What techniques exist to communicate well and reach your appointment-setting goal? This hands-on course offers you the methods and tools for a successful prospecting process.


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Practical course in person or remote class

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Price : 1300 € E.T.
  2d - 14h00




How can you make the telephone a powerful tool for sales action? How can you remove your own obstacles? What techniques exist to communicate well and reach your appointment-setting goal? This hands-on course offers you the methods and tools for a successful prospecting process.

Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
  • Organize your approach and your prospecting time
  • Develop effective communication on the telephone
  • Get targeted appointments
  • Develop your client portfolio
  • Commercially approaching difficult calls

Intended audience
Sales representatives, business engineers, salespeople, prospecting managers, assistants. Any employee in charge of obtaining sales appointments.

Prerequisites
No particular knowledge.

Course schedule

Developing communication tailored to telephone prospecting

  • Understanding the specifics of telephone communication.
  • Overcoming your own obstacles.
  • Personalizing the telephone relationship and making it dynamic: rhythm, voice, intonation.
  • Building a relationship of trust: the right tools.
  • Adopting positive communication.
Exercise
Exercises on voice, listening, questioning, positive speaking through role-playing.

Organizing yourself for successful prospecting and appointment-setting

  • Evaluating the stakes of the sales prospecting process.
  • Organizing your prospecting rhythm and sustaining it over time.
  • Defining the targeting criteria: "asset-appeal" matrix.
  • Setting the objectives and stages of your action strategy: The right questions to ask yourself.
  • Identifying the potential motivational drivers of the prospect.
Role-playing
Detect the purchasing motivations of the person you are talking to. Group debriefing.

Making a successful prospecting and appointment-setting call

  • Conducting a telephone interview: best practices.
  • Attracting the attention and interest of the other person.
  • Framing your communication to sell the appointment.
  • Addressing objections in a positive way.
  • Closing positively: rephrase and conclude.
Role-playing
Arouse the interest of the contact on the telephone. Collective debriefing.

Overcoming the "roadblock" obstacle

  • Planning your prospecting to limit risks.
  • Overcoming the roadblock: tips and behaviors to consider.
Role-playing
Overcome obstacles on the phone. Collective debriefing.

Making a pitch and handling objections.

  • Adopting the right pace in your communication: silence, rebound, rephrasing.
  • Grabbing the attention of your client.
  • Thinking in terms of customer advantage/benefit.
  • Proposing an agreement acceptable to the client.
  • Building a guide to best practices for these calls.
Role-playing
Handle objections on the phone. Collective debriefing.

Evaluate your prospecting activity

  • Choose evaluation and monitoring indicators tailored to what you do.
  • Define actions to optimize performance.
Group discussion
Define the indicators for evaluating and monitoring the prospecting.


Practical details
Hands-on work
Self-assessment, scenarios, role-playing exercises on effective behavior, recorded telephone role-playing.

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Dates and locations
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