Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get moving in the world of business. This is how some people get on their way to making big money in no time at all. But although it would be nice to be lucky from time to time, there are other ways that you can succeed in business as well. After all, there is something to be said for hard work and determination as well. One thing that you can do in order to find success is to seek out business opportunity leads that suit your needs. While this is never an easy thing to do, it is something that you should work hard at. After all, when you find a good business opportunity lead you may be able to latch on and ride this to success.

The first thing that you need to do is find out where you can find business opportunity leads. This is the biggest problem that most people run into, but if you know where to look this will never be a situation that you find yourself in. There are many places that you can look for the best business opportunity leads. The number one choice among most people is with current business associates. This holds true even if you do not know somebody that well. Remember, you are not the only one who is interested in moving up in your career. Speak with people who you already do business with, and ask them if they can help you out. This may not take you anywhere, but at the same time it could really do wonder for you.

Another thing to consider is that you can get business opportunity leads from past employers, coworkers, etc. Never forget about the people who you worked with in the past. This is why it is important that you do not burn bridges when you leave a job. You never know when somebody may be able to send a business opportunity lead your way. As long as you are in good standing with people you will always be on their mind when a good lead or opportunity comes across their desk.

As you can see, getting a business opportunity lead is not as hard as you may think. There is a chance that a great lead could fall into your lap, and before you know it you are enthralled with a new opportunity. But all in all, this is not usually the case. For this reason, you will want to make sure that you exercise all of your options when seeking out business opportunity leads. There are places to find new leads. And it is your job to get your hands on them!

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Cold-calling is a proven many for many small businesses to generate leads.

 

But, for many businesses, there’s always the question of who actually does it.

Even for larger companies with dedicated sales teams this is a valid question: should you use your own people or turn to a specialist telemarketing agency?

 

Let’s put aside how to find a good telemarketing agency, and focus on the question of whether you should use internal resource or outsource through a telemarketing agency.

 

For many companies, there are three compelling reasons to use a telemarketing agency:

 

1) Focus

2) Capabilities

3) Cost

 

This article examines these three reasons and suggests why, in many cases, it makes more sense to use the services of an external telemarketing agency.

 

1) Focus

Firstly, a strong reason for using a telemarketing agency is that they will focus on the task of generating leads for your business. Many companies, when using an internal resource, will hand this over to either an admin person or expect it to be done as part of their sales role.

 

But, let’s be honest about what really happens in most businesses: they find something else to do.

 

Unlike a telemarketing agency, which employs people who cold-call day-in, day-out, your employees have other duties to perform. And, believe me, they will find anything else to do rather than telemarketing. The same goes for if you choose to hire your own people “just to cold call” rather than use a telemarketing agency. After a few months, I guarantee, they will be doing something (anything) else rather than telemarketing.

 

Larger telemarketing agencies that recruit raw telemarketers have huge problems with churn. If you think that you can recruit and retain someone to do the role long term, think again!

 

Using a telemarketing agency means that you have a resource focused on telemarketing. By using a telemarketing agency you ensure a continual effort to generate leads, not the reluctant, ad-hoc approach you will get form your own people.

 

2) Capabilities

 

Hand-in-hand with the issue of focus is that of capabilities. By working with a telemarketing agency you will access people who are far better at telemarketing that your own people. Even if you have dedicated sales people they often won’t match a good telemarketing agency when it comes to cold-calling.

 

An external telemarketing agency also brings capabilities around data acquisition, segmentation, collateral development and “pitch” development which your own people will lack. Think about it; a good telemarketer working in a small telemarketing agency will pitch around 100 prospects in a week. Given that the best telemarketers have been in the game for at least five years, that’s over 20,000 pitches. That’s experience you will only get by working with a telemarketing agency; you’ll never get it from an in-house employee.

 

3) Cost

 

Finally, another reason for many companies to consider using a telemarketing agency is cost.

 

When comparing using your sales team, or even yourself as the owner of a small business, against the cost of a telemarketing agency, the costs are pretty compelling. A telemarketing agency will charge, on average around £250-300 per day for a telemarketer. That’s attractive even when you compare it against the cost of your sales people. But when you consider the cost of them not being in front of prospects and actually closing, the cost justification stacks up in favour of the telemarketing agency.

 

When comparing a telemarketing agency against an admin person making “a few cold calls” the costs need a little more study but they still make sense. Usually, the best approach is to consider two factors: a) the cost per lead and b) the opportunity cost.

 

When looking at the former, the telemarketing agency, which is always more efficient, typically wins. In addition, when you think about the opportunity cost of not getting new leads into your pipeline and the resulting lost new business growth, it’s usually obvious that using a telemarketing agency is the best investment.

 

So, in summary, when thinking about whether to use your own people or a telemarketing agency, consider the total picture of how much focused your own people will be, how good they will be, and what is the real return on their costs.

 

We believe that, taking all these elements into account, a telemarketing agency is the most attractive route for many businesses.



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We have about 7,000 leads in our contact management system. These are people who have contacted us about our business opportunity but didn’t convert to a sale. We would like to follow-up with these people to determine if there’s any interest. Do you have any recommendations on how to do this?

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If you asked people if they like to get “junk mail”, most people would say “no”. But don’t worry - people really don’t **** direct mail. $250,000,000,000 worth of goods and services are sold through direct mail each year in the US alone. And the total continues to grow. According to the Direct Marketing Association, it is growing at 8.6% a year, several times more than the growth rate of the economy. And it’s not just a few people. Last year over half of all American adults ordered something through direct mail.

And if you think about it, direct mail—first used by Benjamin Franklin—is a marvel of the modern age. It allows people to buy goods and services from all over the world from the comfort of their own home.



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We have about 7,000 leads in our contact management system. These are people who have contacted us about our business opportunity but didn’t convert to a sale. We would like to follow-up with these people to determine if there’s any interest. Do you have any recommendations on how to do this?

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