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Call Center Training

1 Day, 9:00-4:00, 6 Hours

Course Overview

Phone skills are a highly valuable tool to have in an employee’s skill set, and Call Center Training will help provide those skills. This course will help your participants improve their phone skills, which will make them more confident, improve sales, and help gain new customers while retaining your current cliental. A more confident employee is also one that is happier, and happier employees will produce happier customers.

Call Center Training will lower costs as it can reduce turnover. Participants will learn the skills to improve productivity and performance. This will produce a positive environment throughout your company and help influence the organization as a whole. Evaluating metrics and coaching are also used to make sure the participants are reaching their potential, and to keep their skill set at a high level.

Course Outline

Module One: Getting Started

  • Icebreaker
  • Housekeeping Items
  • The Parking Lot
  • Workshop Objectives

Module Two: The Basics (I)

  • Defining Buying Motives
  • Establishing a Call Strategy
  • Prospecting
  • Qualifying
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Three: The Basics (II)

  • Getting Beyond the Gate Keeper
  • Controlling The Call
  • Difficult Customers
  • Reporting
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Four: Phone Etiquette

  • Preparation
  • Building Rapport
  • Speaking Clearly - Tone of Voice
  • Effective Listening
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Five: Tools

  • Self-Assessments
  • Utilizing Sales Scripts
  • Making the Script Your Own
  • The Sales Dashboard
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Six: Speaking Like a Star

  • S = Situation
  • T= Task
  • A= Action
  • R = Result
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Seven: Types of Questions

  • Open Questions
  • Closed Question
  • Ignorant Redirection
  • Positive Redirection
  • Negative Redirection
  • Multiple Choice Redirection
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Eight: Benchmarking

  • Benchmark Metrics
  • Performance Breakdown
  • Implementing Improvements
  • Benefits
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Nine: Goal Setting

  • The Importance of Goals
  • SMART Goals
  • Staying Committed
  • Motivation
  • Overcoming Limitations
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Ten: Key Steps

  • Six Success Factors
  • Staying Customer Focused
  • The Art of Telephone Persuasion
  • Telephone Selling Techniques
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Eleven: Closing

  • Knowing When it’s Time to Close
  • Closing Techniques
  • Maintaining the Relationship
  • After the Sale
  • Case Study
  • Review Questions

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

  • Words from the Wise
  • Review of Parking Lot
  • Lessons Learned
  • Completion of Action Plans

Cost and Delivery Format Options

We offer the above listed class as a private group class in the following delivery formats:

Private Group Class: Live Virtual
1-6 students $1650
7-12 students $2800
13-18 students $3500
Private Group Class: At Your Location
1-6 students $1900
7-12 students $3050
13-18 students $3750

Private Group Training

Private group classes are cost effective when you have a group of students who need the same course. Volume discounts of 5% to 20% are available when five or more training days are scheduled. For classes conducted at your location, you are responsible for the classroom setup which should include:

  • A computer for each student (with the appropriate software installed), and
  • An instructor workstation connected to a visual display (e.g., projector, smartboard, etc.).

Customization

Softek can easily customize a training course that covers the specific topics you require and integrate examples relevant to your work environment. Course customization is billed at $150 per hour and covers time needed to meet, discuss, prepare, and incorporate any specific examples into the training program. Once we have a better idea of what you have in mind, we will be glad to provide a specific price quote for the customization.

Why Choose Softek?

  • Live, virtual or in-person training
  • Instructors with 15+ years of experience
  • Detailed training guide
  • Certificate of completion
  • Money-back guarantee