About the role
Category: Sales - Marketing
Location: Remote Remote Australia
General Overview:
The Lead Generation Specialist (LGS) is an inside telemarketing position. The individual in this position will contact prospects and customers in order to identify opportunities for the sales of Digital products and services. This is a first shift or ‘8 to 5’ job with a quota commensurate with experience and the needs of the business.
Specific Initiatives:
Cold Calling and Prospecting using telephone, mail and email
Teaming with Field Sales to qualify and schedule appointments
Self-directed prospecting and qualifying activities including mail , email and social media
Target Market Program Calls
Project and Event Marketing Activities
Trade Show and Meeting Follow-up
Cross-Selling and Up-Selling
Sales Process Responsibilities:
will also be responsible for other standard business activities such as:
Maintaining activity logs, capturing prospect history, and weekly opportunity reporting in our CRM
Contract and agreement preparation
Proposal Pricing and deal construction
Database Maintenance
Database updates and additions
General Market Research and Competitive Intelligence
General Candidate Requirements:
Previous sales, or telemarketing experience is required. The ideal candidate will be an articulate, self-starter with a desire for personal and professional growth. A desire to learn and continually invest in your knowledge of the industry and the selling arts will be an important factor in your success. Candidates must be effective communicating in writing, face-to-face and over the phone. Attention to detail is extremely important. Candidates with a strong record of accomplishment in telemarketing and lead generation with a detailed understanding of the complex sales process will have an advantage in this position.
Specific Skills:
should have excellent phone skills and a desire to make phone calls every day. Additional skills include:
Prospect-list management skills are required.
Focused time management and a sense of urgency are important traits.
Successful lead generation and qualification techniques.
Complete comfort with cold calling and prospecting are an absolute skill set requirement.
The ability to discover and qualify opportunities from assigned lists of prospects
Move prospects through our sales process will yield significant results.
Reporting, tracking and updating our CRM database are also required skills.
Payments or financial services industry experience is an advantage.
Sales Process Responsibilities:
will also be responsible for other standard business activities such as:
Maintaining activity logs, capturing prospect history, and weekly opportunity reporting in our CRM
Contract and agreement preparation
Proposal Pricing and deal construction
Database Maintenance
Database updates and additions
General Market Research and Competitive Intelligence
looking for a motivated and proactive person to take responsibility for generating new appointments by calling small to medium size businesses.
This person must have the propensity to pound out calls and handle the rejection that comes with phone appointment setting.
Job Responsibilties/Requirements:
Conversation - premise based telemarketing (not scripted)
Yes, this is cold calling, so call comfort is a priority
Required Job Qualifications/Behaviors:
2+ years demonstrable prior appointment setting experience
Strong verbal communications skills
Massive cell phone minutes will prove verbal propensity
High school plus associates degree minimum education
Training is provided
40 hours/week
Required Credentials:
A sales-driven, goal-oriented, self-motivated personality and a positive attitude.
Excellent written and verbal communication/interpersonal skills.
Willingness/ability to engage with customers within an in-store setting.
Some sales experience.
Willingness/ability to work evenings, weekends and some holidays.
Ability to stand/walk for 6-8 hour shifts approaching customers
Position Type: Full Time
Start Date: Immediate
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