Debra

Telephone Selling Skills

Upskill your telephone sales team to engage prospects, build relationships, and close deals effectively.

Who is this for?

  • Sales representatives involved in telephone sales

  • Sales managers and team leaders

  • Business development executives

  • Customer service representatives aiming to upsell

What will they gain?

  • Techniques for engaging prospects over the phone

  • Strategies to build rapport and trust with customers

  • Skills to effectively handle objections and close sales

  • Improved communication and listening abilities

What To Expect From this DSTC workshop

Workshop Details

Workshop Title: Telephone Selling skills  

Duration 1 to 2 days 

Course Leaders: 1 facilitator 

Number of Participants: max 12-15

Professional actors :Highly Recommended 

Workshop Overview

Participants will explore the key elements of successful telephone sales, focusing on how to engage prospects, build rapport, and close deals over the phone. The workshop will incorporate the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) questionnaires, delivered by certified MBTI practitioners, to help participants understand their communication style and how to adapt it to different customer personalities.

Through role-plays with professional business actors, interactive exercises, and discussions, participants will develop practical skills to handle objections, communicate value, and secure commitments from customers over the phone.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Engage prospects effectively: Learn techniques to capture and maintain the attention of prospects over the phone.

  • Build rapport and trust: Develop strategies to establish and build trust quickly with customers.

  • Handle objections: Gain skills to address and overcome common objections effectively.

  • Close sales over the phone: Learn methods to confidently close sales and secure customer commitments.

  • Improve communication skills: Enhance your verbal communication and active listening skills for better interactions.

  • Adapt communication style: Use MBTI to identify your communication style and adapt it to different customer personalities.

  • Manage follow-up calls: Develop techniques for effective follow-up to nurture leads and close deals.

  • Track and measure success: Learn to track your telephone sales performance and make improvements.

Post workshop

Access to training resource members area for self-directed learning with follow-up coaching emails for 6 weeks after the workshop.

This will include on-the-job exercises and suggested self-directed learning to ensure maximum retention of learning.

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Don't believe us, hear it from our particpants

"I’ve attended a few of DSTC’s training events. They worked with me to improve my sales and negotiating skills. What really impressed me with the training was how dynamic the training team were. Debra and her acting team were able to bring workplace situations to life, making the whole experience much more rewarding." This was not a naval gazing exercise of self-reflection but a constructive, dynamic and ultimately informative investigation into our differing psyches leading to greater awareness and understanding presented in an engaging manner. Skeptical colleagues were ultimately enthused by their learning, and we aim to broaden this experience with further courses."

Ian Shreeve FOUNDER | FUTURE PHARMACY

"Debra and her team have worked extensively with my team designing, refining and delivering sales and coaching training. Among the high value Debra’s group brings to the table is the ability to understand the customer and selling situation in all its richness and use their acting skills to bring those situations to life in a way that challenges those being trained. "

Nancy Forsyth SVP SALES LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT, NORTH AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION | PEARSON

"Debra has an astounding gift for getting very quickly to the customer’s needs. She takes the time to understand the exact needs and comes up with innovative ways to stimulate the teams. She stands out from the crowd."

Rita Snaddon MANAGER HIGHER AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION | NOORDHOFF UITGEVERS BV

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