Put a Little Fun in the Game of Teleselling

In his book “Management by Baseball”, Jeff Angus highlights FUN as the key ingredient for Rule 14.99 (page 231).  ‘Fun drives effective change.  An organization that wants to drive change has a better chance if it promotes playful attitudes and ideas....’ ( Jeff Angus’ blog). 

A teleselling environment is an ideal environment for introducing stress-reducing fun into the game of selling. 

If you are looking for suggestions on how to add FUN to your telesales meetings and training offerings, grab a copy of The Big Book of Sales Games by Peggy Carlaw and Vasudha K. Deming. 

Use your cellphone to send emails while you are stuck in traffic.

Try Spin Vox (http://www.spinvox.com).  Using your cell phone, you can ‘dial in’ a message that is converted to an email.  When you return to your office or boot up your email, the message will be waiting.  Simply proof, make any minor modifications needed, address it, and send it on its way.

SpinVox is currently offering free service for anyone who signs up now for its beta software (click on the ‘Get SpinVox Free’ button).

Don’t type your meeting notes, pick up your telephone.

Try Dial-A-Note.  Described as ‘a virtual assistant for the busy professional’, Dial-A-Note (http://www.dialanote.com) from CiviCom provides you with access to transcription support 24/7.  And it claims to be 1/2 the cost of a US-based assistant and 1/5 the cost of an executive typing service.

Simply dial, dictate, and look for it to arrive in your inbox.

Ideal for the person who spends their life on the road, gets caught between meetings, or is keyboard challenged.  And it leaves you time to do what you do best.