Appointment Setting Training Course

Appointment Setting Training Overview

If your role involves setting up appointments for yourself or for someone else then this 1-day appointment setting telesales training will provide you with the essential techniques that you need.

You’ll first learn how to identify if you’re being screened by a gatekeeper and the strategies on how to get through them.

Then, once you’re on the phone with the decision maker or relevant person you will discover how to sell the appointment by giving valid reasons and benefits of why you should meet.

Below is some indicative appointment setting content.

We can tailor this based on your requirements, adding any topics or areas in that you need.

In-House Workshop

LIVE Webinar

Blended Solution

What Does Excellence Look Like?

• How should an appointment be set up?
• What are you currently doing?
• Identifying the gaps of where you are against where you need to be

Pre Call Planning & Preparation

• Getting your mindset right for the day ahead
• Researching your prospects and call list
• Planning your calls and your approach
• Developing and understanding your framework/call script

Opening The Call

• How to open your calls in the right way
• How to identify a gatekeeper screen
• The techniques to use to get through the 2 types of gatekeeper screen:
  • The blind screen
  • The investigative screen

Selling The Appointment

• Transitioning from the gatekeeper to the decision maker
• Questioning and listening skills
• Qualifying the decision maker
• Listening for the hook
• Selling the appointment and not your product/service
• How to respond to phrases such as:
  • “I’m not interested”
  • “How much is it?”
  • “What are you selling?”
  • “Tell me now?”
  • “Call me back later”
  • “Send me some information”
  • “I already use someone/something for that”

Confirming The Appointment

• Understanding the costs of a missed appointment
• How to confirm the appointment in the right way using the C.E.M.E.N.T model
• What to do immediately after the phone call
• What to do before you meet to confirm the appointment

Action Planning

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Topic & Content Ideas
For Your Course

All of our in-house training courses are created around your exact requirements. Below are some courses with example content to give you some ideas of topics. We can mix and match topics and courses to deliver exactly what you need.