The fear of rejection is linked to almost any profession and job designation, most especially when it comes to telemarketing. This most frequently happens when people keep ideas and suggestions to themselves because the fear that their ideas won't get accepted. This is very true when it comes to telemarketers because the fear of the sale being rejected is very much alive in their systems. Outbound call centers, have training programs to minimize, if not eliminate this type of fear when talking to their leads because it can hinder the performance of the agents and hinder the growth of the company. After all, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Training is only a part of the process when trying to cope up with rejection. The overall outcome comes to whether or not the telemarketer can keep up with numerous rejections their customers tell them. The real outcome of the call relies on the agents themselves to provide the necessary reply in order to convince their customers into purchasing their products or trying to take advantage of their services. There are many things in which telemarketers do and can do in order to cope up with rejection. 1. Keeping the calling list, full When a telemarketer keeps calling people, they build confidence little by little as their bodies and most especially their minds are adapting to each rejection more and more as each call takes place. It's like playing a specific type of sport, an athlete won't be good at a sport that they play at the very beginning but as they continue to play through it they develop several techniques to overcome any obstacle. 2. Focus If the customer starts to say the magic word that would trigger a telemarketer's anxiety over rejection, which would be "NO," there are a lot of times that these agents would start to lost focus which would then lead to numerous and negative things. They would begin to stutter and forget their lines. Not being able to cope up with further rejections and objections brought upon their possible customer is not good. Even when the customer starts to say no, there will still be that slight chance that they will purchase the product or service that is being sold to them, the agents just needs to know the right words and always listen to their customers. 3. Finding the right kind of motivation With motivation, the agents can continue to try and persuade their leads and turn them into customers even when bombarded with rejection. Motivation for a telemarketer can be in many forms. An example would be that they would try to make the required number of sales in a month so that their picture would be posted in the bulletin board of their company as Employee of the Month. 4. Filling in the need of customers When a customer makes rejections from purchasing something, they can come in sayings like "No thanks, I'm not interested," or "No, that product isn't right for me," or many other types of rejections but it all comes down to the word "NO." what an agent can do is highlight the benefits of the products or services they are selling so that the prospect will realize that it is something that they need and will not hesitate to purchase. Rejection is a natural part of our daily lives, it's just a matter of human understanding and positive thinking in order to cope up with rejection.
