The industrial telephone prospecting to generate qualified leads
In industry, the telephone is the most effective lever for accessing decision-makers. It enables us to qualify projects and land high-potential meetings. But you need to know how to speak the right language, to the right person, at the right time.
At SELLS, our teams combine commercial expertise and industrial culture to transform each call into a concrete opportunity, without burdening your internal staff.
Your industrial customers are waiting for you!
Industrial telephone prospecting that generates results!
Telephone prospecting in industry means engaging in a credible technical conversation with a purchasing manager, industrial director or design office. And transforming this exchange into a qualified opportunity.
At SELLS, we implement a structured, targeted approach that is monitored over time.
The aim: to turn your prospecting into a real generator of sustainable sales performance.
Access to the right industrial decision-makers
Our sales people identify and approach contacts with a technical vocabulary. We target the right people: purchasing managers, technical managers, production managers, process engineers.
Qualify projects with precision
Each call aims to qualify the real need and assess the project’s level of maturity. Your sales force works on high-potential leads.
Identify high value-added opportunities
Our aim is to deliver qualified appointments and consultations with contacts who have defined specifications and a budget.
Maintain regular sales pressure
Telephone prospecting must be a long-term process. We set up a continuous prospecting rhythm so that your pipeline is fed week after week, with no gaps or breaks.
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Prospecting is a real profession.
With over 10 years’ experience in industrial environments, our team understands your markets, your technical vocabulary and your sales cycles.
All our exchanges with principals have a real impact on your business!
Why telephone telephone prospecting
a critical issue for manufacturers?
In industry, purchasing decisions involve several contacts, long cycles and high technical demands.
Many industrial companies work with a portfolio of historical customers, without active prospecting.
This commercial dependence is a real risk: the loss of a major customer, a slowdown in a sector, the arrival of a better-positioned competitor.
To secure their development, manufacturers call on their in-house teams, who do not have the prospecting skills required to ensure regularity.
Access to decision-makers
Long sales cycles
Historical customer dependencies
Irregular prospecting
Limited commercial resources
Market diversification
Irregular prospecting means an empty pipeline and business development left to chance.
Le Grain de SELLS
B2B telephone prospecting in the industrial sector can’t be improvised. It requires a thorough understanding of purchasing organizations and the technical vocabulary of the sector, as well as the ability to adapt your approach to each caller, who has his or her own expectations.
With our dual commercial and industrial skills, our conversion rate is high and our teams are highly motivated.
A telephone prospecting for manufacturers
Manufacturers who outsource their prospecting to SELLS’ specialized team achieve significantly better results.
+10
Years of experience in B2B industrial environments to understand your markets, sales cycles and contacts from the very first call.
+2000
Business opportunities generated every year through structured, ongoing prospecting.
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Prospecting actions are followed by weekly reporting with KPIs to measure effectiveness and make ongoing adjustments.
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Recruitment, onboarding, HR management, no internal staffing constraints with SELLS’ outsourced sales team.
SELLS intervenes throughout your entire sales cycle
In the industry, the sales cycle is long, and every step counts.
SELLS supports your teams throughout the entire sales process. Where you need it most.
Setting up and qualifying your database
Before prospecting, you need to target the right people. We build up your contact database, focusing on the principals in your priority markets.
Telephone prospecting and making contact
Our team handles all your prospecting calls. From the first contact: presentation of your offer, project qualification, appointment setting – every step is structured.
Quotation follow-up and closing
Quotation follow-ups are carried out in a structured way to improve your conversion rate. Our team is with you all the way to closing.
Loyalty
Our team implements an active, ongoing approach to customer loyalty. It relaunches, monitors and develops your portfolio to transform each customer relationship into a source of sustainable sales.
SELLS adapts to your organization, your business maturity and your objectives.
Continuous prospecting or one-off reinforcement: we adapt to your needs.
Our expertise in industrial prospecting to support your business development
Market research and prospect targeting
We take charge of your project, analyzing your positioning, markets and high-potential segments using the SELLS method.
We identify for you the companies and key contacts you need to approach.
Market research
Segmentation
Databases
Sector targeting
Identifying customers
Account qualification
OUR goal,
to build YOU a targeted, operational prospecting base to maximize the effectiveness of every call.
Telephone prospecting and project qualification
Our team gets in touch with your prospects with a pitch tailored to their sector, their function and their challenges.
Each call aims to discover their needs and qualify their projects according to your specifications.
Industrial vocabulary
Adapted speech
Discovering needs
Project qualification
Make an appointment
RFQ
OUR objective,
to provide YOU with qualified consultations and appointments with people who have a real project in line with your needs.
Opportunity tracking and sales follow-up
Our team ensures rigorous follow-up of each contact and each identified project: scheduled follow-ups, updated pipeline, information transmitted to your teams – everything is under control!
Opportunity tracking
Quotation reminder
Loyalty
Satisfaction survey
Follow-up on dormant customers
OUR objective,
to support YOU and maintain structured sales pressure throughout your sales pipeline.
Sales performance reporting and management
Every week, you receive a structured report: opportunities detected, qualified contacts, RFQs, dated appointments, quotation follow-up – we work in complete transparency.
These indicators enable you to measure the effectiveness of your prospecting and adjust your strategy on an ongoing basis.
Weekly KPIs
Reporting
Action follow-up
Continuous improvement
Transparency
OUR objective,
to give YOU complete visibility of your business development, and to manage prospecting with precision.
The SELLS method to structure your industrial telephone prospecting
Our expertise is based on a proven methodology built around the SELLS model.
More than 10 years’ experience supporting manufacturers in France and abroad.
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Segmentation
Analysis and targeting
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Issues
Business objectives
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Levers
Multi-channel prospecting
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Deliverables
Qualified opportunities
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Success
Measurable results
Your benefits by outsourcing your telephone prospecting
to SELLS
Entrusting your telephone prospecting to SELLS means accelerating your business development without recruiting or training. Your team concentrates on high value-added tasks.
Increased sales opportunities
Structured, ongoing prospecting feeds your pipeline on a regular basis.
RFQ and qualified appointments
Your sales reps focus on qualified prospects with a real identified need.
Diversifying your major markets
By actively diversifying your prospect/customer portfolio, you reduce the risk of market dependency and historical customers. Your sales development becomes more solid.
Zero HR constraints
No recruitment, no onboarding, no management. You immediately have access to an operational sales team with industry expertise, with no internal staffing constraints.
Take charge of your business development AND call on SELLS
Structured telephone prospecting, managed by industry experts, is the difference between growth that’s undergone and growth that’s under control.
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Do we need to provide a file of qualified prospects?
Yes, we include the creation of this file as part of our service, as it gives us all the tools we need to succeed in prospecting according to our objectives.
What types of industrial companies can benefit from our prospecting method?
Our b2b method is suitable for all companies in the industrial sector, whatever their specific field (plastics, mechanics, electronics, etc.).
How do you measure the success of your prospecting campaigns?
We use key performance indicators (KPIs) such as conversion rate, appointment booking rate and return on investment (ROI).
Do you offer a trial period?
Yes, we build a trial period into our process so you can see for yourself how effective our service is.
Do we need to provide a telephone number?
We can provide you with the number in most countries.
Do you supply a database?
Yes, we include the creation of this file as part of our service, as it gives us all the tools we need to succeed in prospecting according to our objectives.
What's the difference between phoning, telephone prospecting and telemarketing?
Phoning, telephone prospecting and telemarketing are all terms used in marketing and sales to designate similar activities but with specific nuances:
- Phoning: This generally refers to the action of making prospecting calls to achieve a specific objective, often related to sales or information gathering. This can include follow-up calls, customer satisfaction surveys, or calls for appointments.
- Telephone prospecting: Telephone prospecting is a specific method of generating leads or potential customers using telephone calls. The main aim of this activity is to identify business opportunities, qualify leads or present products or services to generate initial interest.
- Teleprospecting: A broader term that encompasses the entire process of prospecting by telephone. It includes all activities related to the use of the telephone to find new customers or business, whether through appointment setting, direct sales or customer support. It often involves the use of pre-established scripts, and can be carried out by in-house teams or specialized external service providers.
In short, although these terms are often used interchangeably, each has its own connotation and specific scope of application in the context of telephone marketing communications.