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Leading Online Company Profits with Live Phone Operators

January 22, 2015/0 Comments/in /by admin

The Client

The Client is a worldwide market leader in online hotel reservations; provider of fast, secure and easy-to-use booking system with access to over 35,000 hotels, inns, B&Bs, and resorts. The Client was losing online sales due to both seasonal and irregular network congestion. They believed that frustrated customers were abandoning the sales process when browsing seemed too slow. Factors beyond their control did not allow them to “fix the internet”.

The Challenge

The Client believed they could save these abandoned sales by making their online reservation system available over the phone, allowing potential customers to talk to a live operator 24/7. They decided to provide a prominently displayed toll-free number on their website believing that live operators could keep the customer on the line until closing the sale during congested periods.

By electing to outsource, they hoped to find a single experienced call center could cut costs by managing both incoming phone sales and customer service for cancellations or reservation modifications.

Results

By boldly choosing to support their online business with live operators, they discovered that far from cannibalize their online channel, they strengthened it, even created a new channel of dedicated phone customers, and simultaneously offloading management of customer service requests to Callbox.

Customer confidence increased phone channel sales across the board by attracting customers who had not and would not use the online system.
Repeat sales increased due directly to Callbox agent friendliness. Customers regularly requested the Agent’s name, and requested the Agent by name on subsequent calls.
New and more customer-oriented sales outlet
Reduced costs by more than 50% per customer

Callbox Dishes Out The Leads

January 22, 2015/0 Comments/in /by admin

The Client

The Client is one of the premier retailers of Dish Network, the United States’ lowest priced all digital satellite provider. Dish Network offers a variety of HD programming such as theater-quality movie channels, educational and nature programming, Pay-Per-View HD movies, and HD broadcasts of special events, including concerts, boxing matches and professional sporting events. The Client offers TV and entertainment packages that are put together to give choice and value, loaded with popular options for a low price as well as very affordable equipment upgrades.

The Challenge

Providing satellite sales, installation and service throughout the US was not easy for the Client which was a young company. It saw the need to grow, not only in terms of client base but in customer service capacity as well, in line with its goal to provide outstanding service to its customers. The Client faced stiff competition from huge cable providers all over the US so it needed a major marketing campaign to introduce its company, its offers and retain a loyal set of customers. An attempt at in-house sales operations was made by the client, but did not generate as many customers as expected. The Client saw the need for a partner to reach its target market and eventually, hit its sales target.

The Callbox Solution

In order to gather interest for the Client, Callbox launched a Lead Generation campaign in April. Since the Client had in-house specialists, the task of Callbox agents was limited to gathering prospects by generating interest in the Client’s offers, and forwarding these prospects to specialists who closed the sales. A total of 10 agents consisting of 7 openers and 3 closers handled Client’s account. The 6-month lead generation campaign by Callbox customer representatives involved the introduction of the company, its offers and basic installation information.

Results

After a 6-month lead generation campaign and 2 months of pre-close transfers, the Client requested Callbox agents to close deals as well, a significant show of confidence in Callbox agents. The Client was able to cut costs by reducing in-house sales support and rely solely on telemarketing in order to sign and maintain customers.
At the start of the campaign, the Client’s target market was limited to Southern California. Its client base has spread over 13 states, including Texas, Arizona and Oregon. The Client achieved a hefty 50% increase in installations per day.
In a display of satisfaction with the results of the Callbox campaign and as a result of the good relations between Callbox and the Client, its Sales Director scheduled a week-long visit to the dedicated team, and performed in-depth sales training at the Callbox on-site training facilities. The training focused on sales techniques for both sales coaches and agents. The principles learned were shared across all applicable Callbox teams.

Callbox Opens Doors For International Trade

January 22, 2015/0 Comments/in /by admin

The Client

The Client is an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry spearheading the development of Singapore’s external economy wing. Its mission is to promote the overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and international trade. With a global network of over 30 locations, the Client offers services to help Singapore enterprises export, develop business capabilities, find overseas partners, and enter new markets. They work to position Singapore as a base for foreign businesses to expand into the region and Singapore-based companies.

The Challenge

The Client’s primary objective was to acquire foreign leads to participate in their ‘business matching’ trade portal. They targeted importers, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers all over the US, to seed business opportunities and partnerships.

The Callbox Solution

Callbox launched a Foreign Lead Generation Campaign. Based on the Client’s specifications, a target call list was provided from the Callbox database. In order to provide the Client with the right list, the Callbox research team studied the Client’s present goals and long term plans in order to identify potential prospects. Callbox agents made calls across the US daily, inviting businesses to post their company profile, products and services to the trade portal, emphasizing the opportunity to expand the prospect’s market in Singapore. Pertinent information was collected contact person, designation, contact number, company name and address. Among the qualifying questions asked by the Callbox team were:

Nature of prospect’s business (importer, manufacturer, exporter, service provider, project management, agent)
Products or Services offered
Business interest (to buy, invest, franchise, distribute, etc.)

Hot leads were qualified and matched with suitable Singapore-based enterprises. If requested, Callbox also sent the prospect invitations and online brochures.

Results

With the Callbox team delivering a large number of leads monthly, the Client has been enjoying an increasing number of registrations on the online portal, significantly expanding its customer base. The Client’s Business Matching Group expressed satisfaction with the leads generated and the consistent professionalism and quality service shown by the Callbox team. As a result, the Client still continues to engage the services of Callbox in foreign lead generation. Today, Singapore’s most comprehensive business portal lists over 100,000 companies and is growing daily.

Singaporean Research and Consulting Company Strides into US Market with Callbox

January 22, 2015/0 Comments/in /by admin

The Client

The Client is a leading provider of research-based, go-to-market intelligence and business consulting services supporting expansion into emerging markets across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. It has worked with over 50 Global Fortune 1000 companies in solving market growth and entry problems, and has supported export promotion, Foreign Direct Investment attraction, and policy formulation programs of various government agencies in 15 countries. Its high profile clients include Honda, Philips, Kohler, Yamaha Motors, Tupperware, Schneider Electric, and the Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council.

The Challenge

The Client, based in Singapore, wanted to expand its operations into the US to capture contracts with larger companies. However, it lacked resources to penetrate the vast American market. Its primary source of new businesses was word of mouth and referrals from existing clients. The Client wanted direct communication opportunities with prospects of larger prospects and decided to partner with Callbox to design an outbound telemarketing campaign.

The Callbox Solution

The Client’s outbound telemarketing campaign targeted C-level Executives and Research Development Directors. The goal was to set five face-to-face appointments with Fortune 1000 prospects. Callbox customized the campaign script, highlighting the Client’s major customers worldwide in order to underscore credibility, add value, and get a higher response rate. The calling list would be the most important factor of the campaign. Callbox factored a custom list of Fortune 1000 companies and went on to profile each one to identify prospects. As a result, the call flow was quick, smooth, and precise. Given the campaign’s geographic location, meeting with prospects required advance preparation on the part of the Client. To address related circumstances, Callbox booked all appointments at least a month in advance to give the Client ample time to make necessary preparations. Where possible, several appointments were scheduled sequentially on the same day, or on consecutive days. Callbox saw to it that all appointments were stringently qualified and confirmed to avoid “no-shows” and ensure clockwork meetings.

Results

As Callbox delivered five face-to-face appointments with Fortune 1000 clients in one month, all scheduled on two consecutive dates. Most impressive was the fact that the Client was able to close all five of them, which speaks to the effectiveness of its sales team, the effectiveness of the partnership, and quality of Callbox’s appointment setting service. Because of this achievement, the Client re-hired Callbox to conduct an appointment setting campaign in Europe and APAC which was equally successful. Callbox is currently running a telemarketing campaign for the Client in Singapore.