What a great site

[Markinsurrey]

I stumbled across this site whilst looking for business forums.

It appears that a lot of people have difficulty cold calling, which in most business is a necessary evil especially for a new set up, I am happy to share my experiences and discuss tactics to further my own knowledge and help others.

I set up Kingswood Marketing Group 4 years ago when I was offered the opportunity of taking over several appointment setting campaigns. I have worked at the hard end coalface selling both products and services to a range of market sectors. I have a very good understanding of the challenges facing sales teams and managers and the company was set up to provide a service sitting between the roles of sales and marketing - that of obtaining qualified new clients and business introductions.

Mark

[Jayne]

Hi Mark,

Welcome to the forum :D

Jayne

[Alpha]

hi Mark and a warm welcome to the forums.

I hope you find them a useful source of business advice and a good sounding board.

[creacom]

Hi Mark ':D'

Welcome to the forums. There are a lot of great advice, tips and contacts to be found here.

Best of luck with your business and dont hesitate to get in touch if I can help you in anyway.

Jacqueline

[uksbc]

welcome to the forums,

i may well be in touch in the next few days as i am currently looking for some sales / appointment making outsourcing

will pm you when i am ready

[Rob Holmes]

Hi Mark,

Welcome to UKBF :)

Glad you've found it useful already!

I hope we can help you in your business and hope you'll be contributing to help others too :)

Give me a shout if I can help in any way..

Rob

[clairemackaness]

Hi Mark,

Welcome to the forums. I may well be looking to do a small telemarketing campaign in the New Year, so hope you'll post us some good deals inthe special offers thread soon!

Take care

Claire

[creative-keyrings]

Welcome,

Im sure these forums will really help you out!

Regards,

Callum

[emubill]

Welcome to the forums mark

I use a wide range of prospecting with cold calling on businesses being one. I am in the fortunate position of not selling in a traditional sense because my consultancy is free, and in many cases we are saving the customer money on services they already use. My main obstacle is the lack of customer awareness of the company - though this can be overcome easily.

I dare say we may have many active discussions in the future.

Good luck

Nige

[MarkPearson]

Hello MarkinSurrey,

Im also a Mark in Surrey!

Where about are you?

Welcome to UKBF

[rajasiang]

Hi mark,

Welcome to the forum. Do u have any experience selling in aftermarket automotive sector? Cheers

[JustOneUK]

Welcome Mark in Surrey from James not in Surrey

[Markinsurrey]

What a warm welcome, thank you all.

Anyone thinking about or looking for telemarketing services, do please give me a call, costing is on a sucess only basis, so no day charges.

[Markinsurrey]

Hi mark,

Welcome to the forum. Do u have any experience selling in aftermarket automotive sector? Cheers

Hi Raj

Our experience and highly tuned skill is in getting you in the door, to do this we do not sell products or services over the phone, the selling part is for the face to face sales professionals. We promote the benefits of a company and what a potential client will gain from a meeting.

We have worked within many different markets and in most cases with very little experience of the products or services. You have the experience and knowledge, we have the way through the door.

[rajasiang]

Hi mark,

Welcome to the forum. Do u have any experience selling in aftermarket automotive sector? Cheers

Hi Raj

Our experience and highly tuned skill is in getting you in the door, to do this we do not sell products or services over the phone, the selling part is for the face to face sales professionals. We promote the benefits of a company and what a potential client will gain from a meeting.

We have worked within many different markets and in most cases with very little experience of the products or services. You have the experience and knowledge, we have the way through the door.

Great! I think this is what I am looking for at the moment to get into the door of big retailers as Halford (Ripspeed), POTN, Motorworld, etc.

Can you roughly briefly me what step I need to take next? Probably best for you to evaluate whether this is feasible with my products?

Cheers

[Markinsurrey]

Can you roughly briefly me what step I need to take next? Probably best for you to evaluate whether this is feasible with my products?

Cheers

It is probably best if we have a chat on the phone, can you give me a call or email me your details?

[Admiral Collections]

Hi

Welcome to the forum. Cold calling is a bummer, is it true it's just a numbers game? Or was that made up by some sad loser who just wasn't any good at cold calling?

[Markinsurrey]

Hi

Welcome to the forum. Cold calling is a bummer, is it true it's just a numbers game? Or was that made up by some sad loser who just wasn't any good at cold calling?[/size][/size]

I learnt very early in sales that it is without doubt a numbers game…
The more people you talk too, the more business you will get.
However, having a few good techniques, closing or otherwise up your sleeve will help tremendously.