Telemarketing is NOT the Devil

Use direct mail marketing and telemarketing to your full advantage.

Everyone seems to hate telemarketing, but there is a way you can help customers feel like they are getting personal attention and keep them from blocking your number!

Direct mail marketing can be extremely successful and it has become very easy to use as a marketing tool with the ever increasing use of computers.

Telemarketing is best for high priced, high margin products/services. Contacting customers directly to provide them with a product or service they may not currently use or requires updating.

Here are the key steps to putting together a highly effective direct mail marketing program:

  1. List all benefits customers will get from the purchase of your products and services.
  2. Pick the single most powerful benefit out of that list.
  3. Build an attention-grabbing headline around that particular benefit. Remember to use emotion-fulfill the desire to be young, wealthy, desired, popular or successful.
  4. Develop a sales letter using the headline you created to grab attention, provide information and motivate customers to act.
  5. Put together supplementary items, such as a brochure, order form, reply envelope or note that encourages them to read the letter.
  6. Rent or purchase a mailing list specifically targeting your target market
  7. Compare cost of mailing vs. cost per order.
  8. Continue to test and refine your direct mail marketing plan.
  9. Ensure you provide information rather than being just a sales mail

 

You can see how direct mail marketing can help you find a local or even country-wide target market to send letters or postcards to and draw in new clientele and customers. Fine-tuning your marketing campaign will bring better results and therefore lower the overall  cost of the campaign.

To be successful in telemarketing you need to:

  1. Put together a plan, so you know exactly what you want to accomplish during the call.
  2. Develop a list of topics to discuss and the questions you want to present around these topics.
  3. Include enough questions to keep the conversation interesting, but not too many to sound like you are interrogating.
  4. Have a script prepared but don’t read from the script, be conversational.
  5. Start with open questions (focus around the why, how, what, when, where) and narrow your focus as the conversation continues (using did, do, is, etc).
  6. Offer feedback to show them you are paying attention and appreciate their time.
  7. Don’t insult their intelligence or manipulate them.
  8. Always listen

 

Telemarketing doesn’t have to be the trauma it’s made out to be. You can put together an honest, personal and effective telemarketing campaign that is endearing, informative and gets the job done. Think of how you would want to be treated on a marketing call. Ask your friends and family what they hate most about the telemarketing calls they get and work hard to craft your plan in a better way.

When selling by telephone, you have approximately thirty seconds to convince the customer to listen to you. You need an opening statement that captures their attention, conveys who you are, what you want and why the prospect should listen.”Jay Abraham

It’s easy to see how direct mail marketing and telemarketing can positively affect your business by bringing in new customers and increasing the level of awareness about your products, services and company branding.

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