The principles I am about to reveal to you are habits and attitudes that keep top telemarketers consistently selling more, during fast times and during slow times.

Secret 1: Have an ABC mindset (Always be closing)

In telemarketing, you are limited in time, you have so many calls to make, so many followups to do, and deals to close. Telemarketing is littered with many casualties of wasted time and could have been deals. Avoid this! The most powerful mindset you can have is this, ALWAYS BE CLOSING.

Everything you do, whether it is prospecting, getting through the gatekeeper, speaking to your prospect must be a step closer to the deal. By applying this excellent mental filter, you will know your priorities, and find you will have more time for what is important and increase your closing ratios.

Secret 2: Finding New Prospects Everyday

In telemarketing, you need to keep on replenishing your prospects. By having a high number of prospects to talk to, you have a larger sales funnel, the larger your funnel, the more deals will result from your effort.

If you consistently make it a habit to top up your new prospects everyday e.g. 20 - 30 new prospects per day, you will speak to more prospects, which would result in more deals.

Secret 3: Be Super Curious about Things

Are you curious about your surroundings? Do you like to ask questions about stuff and find out how things work? To be curious about things, you would NATURALLY improve in Telemarketing.

Telemarketing requries you to be curious, wanting to find out more about the world and how it works. You need find out about the needs of your prospects, you need to know how your solution will meet market needs. If you are selling to Businesses, you must know how decision making is conducted in company.

What are the departments there, what are the lines of reporting. Finally, when you speak to your prospect, what type of person is he? What is his buying style? To develop curiosity, you will develop a NATURAL advantage in telemarketing.

Secret 4: Be Prepared for Objections and Questions

As Baden Powell the founder of the scout movement put it "BE PREPARED"

In telemarketing, being prepared for any response, objection and question that might come your way would enable you to become more professional, confident, trustworthy and competent.

To know your subject matter inside out, to know your prospects needs, objections and queries, even before they mention it,puts you in a much better position to close the sale. It is said that 80 is in the actual presentation.

Secret 5: It is all about the Yes/No Ratios

In Telemarketing, one of the most common problems telemarketers face is the number of NOs that they get. Understand that every NO is not in vain, it is just a step closer to YES. Do this exercise next time, for every new prospect you talk to, record the number of NOs and YES you get.

For example, the results you get would be, for every 100 calls you make, you would get 95 NOS and 5 YES. And if 5 YES result in USD 800 in comission, that means each call you make is worth USD 8. That's right, EVERY CALL you make is worth money, wether it is a YES or NO. So, by understanding this, you will have a better perspective to Telemarketing, you will REMAIN ENTHUSIASTIC throughout, because you know this is what you have to do to get the sale.

Secret 6: Believe in Yourself and be Trustworthy

Believe strongly in yourself and what you sell. A very large element of selling is in believing. Observe presidents of countries and ministers of churches, what is it they sell? They sell belief, they believe in what they do, the cause they are championing, the solutions they provide.

To strongly believe in yourself, leads to greater confidence in you, resulting in more sales. At all times, be trust worthy. To be highly trustworthy, leads to a higher belief in you. At all times be trustworthy and competent in what you do, and you will find people drawn to you in trust.

I have just outlined 6 secrets that telemarketing superstars abide to that gives them their amazing selling abilities. And with proper cultivation and personal development, you can quickly develop the essential qualities that will dramatically improve your sales performance.