What makes you a good telemarketer

Top telemarketers know that someone, somewhere out there is waiting for their call! Back to Articles. Experience This will come as no surprise because experience counts no matter what the role. Skilful Communicator Again, this is a pretty obvious one.

Self-Motivated Telemarketing is a target driven role and top telemarketers are ambitious and self-motivated. Social Sharing Tweet. Recent Posts. Follow Maven TM Follow us on your favourite social channels. Digital Marketing. About Us. Maven Resources. It is easy to find people who think that telemarketing or telesales is an easy job to do.

Anyone can be a telemarketer, in the same way that I can play snooker. Any of you who know me will know what I mean! All it involves is talking to people all day every day on the telephone, from the comfort of a nice clean, warm environment.

It is hard picking out 5 particular qualities, that mark out a great telemarketer, tomorrow I might give you a different 5, but for today, here are 5 qualities of a great telemarketer to be going on with. Keep at it, work to hone your skills and you will achieve what you want from your role.

Below is a list of some skills that perhaps support better quality telemarketing. Consider how you or your callers measure up! The list is far from exhaustive and is only meant as a start. So, make sure the person that represents you on the phone exhibits most of the traits above.

One that in my opinion you missed. The willingness to work for less than what you deserve. Professionals that work on the phone discovering new opportunities are worth more. It is a challenge to get organisations to value the skills that telemarketers bring to the party.

Talk too much you will lose interest and probably the sale. Good communications skills both written and spoken are a must. Information gleaned from a call must be relayed clearly without missing details. Experience, the ability to empathise, good sales skills and the ability to listen — Get this right, and you have the perfect combination for a successful telemarketing person.