I hate doing cold calls but manager is asking me to do 50 a day!?

Question

Ok I work for a e-commerce business. Everyday i have to contact 50 people a day out of this big catalog to make sales. Problem is I hate talking on the phone as a telemarketer or either that I am phone shy. How should I market myself? What I say is " Hi, Im ( my name ) , I work for ( my company ) and We design or improve websites for wholesale markets. I checked out your site and was wondering if you guys needed a site design or improvement? We done over 40 sites so far.

Is that ok? or what else should I add?

Answer 1

tell employer if he wants you to cold call (and watch the do not call list) that the employer should provide you with  a script to stay within company policy guidelines - then that gets you off the hook to come up wtih a script - and if you don't like telemarketing - then I'd start looking for another job (personally I can't stand telemarketing)

Answer 2

First of all the DNC list does not apply to this situation, besides the fact that the person making the calls is not liable the company would be in any case.

What I am about to say prob isn't what you want to hear but this job is not for you.

This isn't marketing it's a sales position. The two are completely different.

I'd suggest you muddle through and in the meantime start looking for a job that you like to do and is the field you wish to pursue.

If you don't heed my advice you are going to be fired sooner then later and be forced to look for a job. Do it now while you have money coming in to pay the bills

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People graduate from school all the time without a 'job' for their resume. That's an excuse.

Marketing comes in many forms. If the call you were making for example was to previous customers to thank them for their business and see if there was anything else you could do for them and maybe introduce some new product or service you would be closer to marketing.

Calling  people up blindly with obviously no training in cold calling to see if they want to use you is really the initial stages of prospecting for a sale. I can tell you that there is infinitively more to making a call then telling someone here is a book call 50 people day see 'ya. Anyone that is good with a phone has been trained on handling objections. I can tell by this question you haven't been.

As far as this job on your resume. How are you going to tell the next company during an interview that you were fired? Don't think they can't find out, background checks are very reveling and not expensive.

I'm saying that you should start looking now while your employed. As long as you conduct your search on your own time you are completely within your rights to look for employment elsewhere.

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Wow business card and folders. They really must have been impressed enough when they went out of their way to spend about $20. This isn't about them it's about you. You won't be the first person they lost and I can assure you that you also won't be the last.

Answer 3

You're in the wrong profession. Do something that you love to do. Life is too short.

Answer 4

I would say, "Hi, I'm Jon with (company). Do you have a quick minute?"  Then go into your speil about your product.  I find that when you respect the other person enough to ask if they have a minute to speak with you, they are more responsive.  If they don't have a minute then, ask when is a better time to speak to them because you have an offer that they will find irresistable.

Don't be afraid of the phone.  They won't know you when they see you and chances are, you'll never encounter them again!