Monday, June 30, 2014

Effective Telecalling Tips


 
Some of the points which should always keep in mind while doing telecalling:-
1.     Always be polite
2.     Sometimes it happens when we call a person he/she might be in meeting always ask for there availability otherwise they get irritated.Never irritate them, instead involve them,
3.     Contact the right person,If you are in HR consultancy try to contact HR manager or in charge of HR. Avoid contacting VP or CEO directly as if they reject you will have to forget the company. Rule of thumb, Start from bottom Up.
4.     Studies showed that  12:00 to 1:00 is the best time to contact new prospective clients,
5.     Whether they are interested in your service or not always ask for there email id so that you can forward your proposal to them. Sending a proposal to the person works, most of the time it has been seen that the proposal recahes the right person and you can get a call from them. Of course you have to make your proposal interesting.
6.     Be patience and be Positive.
7.     Try to make at least 150 calls everyday 


You never get a second chance to make a good first impression
At the beginning of a call, you have to introduce yourself and the company on behalf of which you are calling. Below you can find a few examples of opening sentences.
“Good morning, my name is _____________ and I am calling you on behalf of _____________.”
“Good afternoon, I’m ___________ from ___________.”
“Hello, this is ____________ and I am calling you from _______________.”
The first sentence should be said in an enthusiastic and friendly tone of voice.

The direct value statement
Whenever you make a telesales call, you must take into account the fact that people never requested to be called. So, at the time you get through to them, they don’t know any reason for talking to you. Every customer answering a telesales call implicitly asks himself the question: “Why should talk to this guy? What’s in it for me?” Catching the prospect’s interest depends on how well you can answer those questions. You can answer them by using both language and tone of voice. It is best that you use a direct value statement which synthesizes the most important advantage of the offer and how the customer can benefit from it. Here are some examples of direct value statements:
“I am calling to let you know how you can decrease your travelling costs.”
“I’d like to tell you about a solution to keeping your finances safe at all times.”
“I am calling to tell you how you can get more value from the money you’re spending on your internet subscription.”
It is advisable not to use the name of the product or any of its features, at this stage. The direct value statement should be formulated so as to trigger the prospect’s curiosity and make him want to hear more.

Permission to proceed to the next stage
After the direct value statement, you must ask the customer whether he is available to continue the conversation. You should do this because you might have called the right customer, but at a wrong moment. He might be doing something else at the moment of your call and might not be able to pay attention to what you have to say. If it is not a right moment, ask when you can call back.
“Can we talk for a few moments?”
“Is this a good time to talk?”
“Do you have a few moments?”
“Would you like to hear more details?”
You should avoid formulating the question in a negative way such as:
“May I take a few moments of your time?”
“May I disturb you for a few moments?”
This kind of formulation implies that you are keeping the prospect from doing something more important, or that he is doing you a favor by talking to you.


Essential Soft Skills to Sell yourself .


Improve your soft skills for better networking

The idea of networking fills some people with fear while others think they're great at working a room. But what are the skills you need to be a good networker? And how can you improve your performance? 

To be a successful networker, you need to have highly developed soft skills, or inter-personal skills, as well as a strategic perspective. Assessing your own abilities can be hard. But it helps to understand your own strengths and weaknesses before you try and improve your networking skills.

Below is a list of the soft skills you need to be able to network effectively. What I want you to do is score yourself on how well you think you do on each front.
Before you assess yourself, let me also point out that you should not take each of the following statements to extremes, as the overriding skill is to act appropriately in the situation you find yourself in.

 Soft skill
 Self rating - between 1 (low) and 10 (high)
 I am trustworthy

 I am respectable and respected

 I am an active listener

 I am a good conversationalist

 I am an influencer

 I am confident

 I am a negotiator

 I am a problem solver

 I'm willing to engage

 I'm willing to share

 I can read others and respond accordingly

 I am a good observer

 I am good at including others

 I can keep confidences


Where you have scored yourself low, you now know what you have to work on to improve your networking performance. If you have rated yourself highly, go and test this out with your contacts to make sure you are reading the situation correctly. If everything stacks up, do more of what is working.
Building trust and rapport
People buy from people they like and trust first. In effect, they are buying trust, professionalism, expertise and like-mindedness.
  • Remember the golden rules of networking: being likeable, building trust and rapport, planting seeds about your expertise.
  • Build the conversation, basing it on common ground.
  • Show genuine curiosity.
  • Learn how to read body language.
  • Listen and learn how the particular person you are talking to prefers to communicate.
  • Stay engaged throughout the conversation.
  • Develop the conversation.
  • Become the observer of others; notice their approach to things, and take this into consideration.
  • Work on your people skills and treat others as they would want to be treated.
Questioning and listening
  • Ask more questions, rather than just talking about yourself.
  • Talk about what you do only if invited. Don't force your information on others.
  • People only listen when they are ready to, so create that opportunity. If someone else is talking, let them finish their point. Make sure you hear them out totally, and do completely engage. After all, if you don't hear them out, why would they want to listen to you?
  • It is OK for a conversation to finish without you having contributed information about yourself.
  • Memorize at least ten good generic questions, remembering that quality questions help to stimulate the conversation.
  • Be genuine and fresh each time you ask a question - even if you have asked this a thousand times over.
  • Listen carefully and frame your next question out of the response.
  • Be careful not to make the process sound like an inquisition.
  • Your face, voice, eyes and body language should express real interest, not a learned technique.
Getting a 'glazed look'
  • If you see the 'glazed look', take stock of what you are talking about in relation to the person concerned.
  • Very quickly bring the conversation to a stop and ask a question to re-engage them.
  • To increase the energy again, you can use humour and even some cheekiness!
  • Sometimes, the glazed look is simply because the other person is thinking about what you have said, so you can allow silences (serious people do this a lot!).
  • If you believe this person is not interested, thank them for their time and let them move on.
  • All conversations have a natural rise and fall, so has your time come up? If so don't hang onto them.
The biggest tip I can offer you is when you are next at a networking event stand back for while and just people watch. Watch for how people respond to others and see who is getting it wrong and spot those who are getting it right. Listening and observing can be the best way to learn.

Monday, June 2, 2014

8 KEY POINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW


8 KEY POINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW 

1. SMILE :-
This is the essential prerequisite to any communication in the professional world as in everyday life.

2. BE SHORT :-
All recruiters will ask you to summarize your profile and experiences. Present your point briefly and in relation to the proposed position.

3. START FROM THE BEGINNING :-
Speak about your initial education, it is a small but important point. Then talk about your experience from past to present.

4. EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICES :-
Why you chose your university education, your first job. For each change, explain "why you left" and "why you chose your new employer".

5. SPEAK OPENLY :-
About what you have gained from each experience, project, … both personally and professionally.

6. BE SPECIFIC :-
About what motivates you. The situations, products, environments, personalities, etc. And explain why.

7. UNDERSTAND :-
About the position that is to be filled. Ask the key questions in the first interview. Ask the more detailed questions in the following interviews.

8. BE NATURAL AND SINCERE :-
And Smile again, this is the end of the interview..!


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