Telecommunications

Overview

Trends and Technology

Timesaving Techniques

Telemarketing

Opportunity and Obsolesence

Summary

Worksheet - Technology Needs Inventory

Worksheet - Telemarketing Potential

Worksheet - Telemarketing Skills Assessment

Small Business Bookshelf

Resources to Help You

 

 

 


Telecommunications Worksheet
Telemarketing Potential

Staying in touch with existing customers is an important part of building a business and developing products and services. Planning what information you need and when it can be obtained from whom are important decisions to face for the telemarketing process to be effective and profitable. Use the spaces below for brainstorming ideas:

Generating leads for sales

What target groups would you call who might be potential customers?

 

 

 

Where can you obtain the names and telephone numbers of your target group?

 

 

 

What questions will you ask to determine if the person you call is a potential customer?

 

 

 

What will you do to follow-up with those who may be good leads?

 

 

 

Retain existing customers

What information about your business could be given to existing customers through a telephone contact?

 

 

 

What information about customers (needs, plans, concerns) could be obtained through a telephone contact?

 

 

 

 

What time of the year, month, or day would be best for making your telemarketing contacts?

 

 

 

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