Knowing the ABC's of Telemarketing

First of all, what is telemarketing?

Telemarketing pertains to a service wherein certain individuals cater to calls that would prove beneficial towards a business' success. Some of the processes involved in telemarketing are those of lead generation, telesales, and information gathering campaigns.

It can either be inbound and outbound depending on the service.

What's the difference between inbound and outbound telephone marketing?

The inbound portion would mean that call center representatives would wait for clients and customers to call them. Inbound telephone marketing would usually cater to order taking or other forms of information acquisition. The inbound portion would usually have representatives that would only have little sales training for prospects are already interested in the products and services even before they have made the call.

The outbound portion of telephone marketing would have higher sales training than that of the inbound portion. The reason is that the representatives are trained to make cold calls to their assigned prospects in hopes of convincing them to pique their interests in a particular product, service, or topic. Some of the services found in the outbound portion of telephone marketing are lead generation services, telesales campaigns, and survey programs.

What would be the industries that can benefit from outsourcing to a telephone marketing company?

There are many businesses in almost any kind of industry that can gain a lot of benefits once they have outsourced their services towards a telephone marketing company. Some of these industries are the financial, information technology, and even the cleaning sector of business can all benefit from outsourcing their services towards a telemarketing company.