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Who Is Calling? What is Their Title?
The strength of an incoming lead is almost directly related to the person's title on the other line of the phone. For instance, when an assistant to a non-decision maker calls, one can assume that she is doing the "dirty work" for her boss. This is problematic in a few senses.
For any sales professional, receiving a call out from "of the blue" from an unknown, incoming lead that is already interested in their products or services can brighten a day. After all, obtaining this lead did not involve any hunting. Moreover, the person seems to have interest in the products or services (why else would they be calling) and typically has seen the website.

First, if purchasing your product or service were truly important to the decision maker [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they would be on the phone themselves. Sales people should be straightforward with these leads and ask as to why this is. Also, one of the other main reasons why decision makers have their assistants do the initial call is that they have a price fixation. Sales professionals have to determine the validity of this thesis quite quickly.
Subsequently, if the website is informative, the incoming lead knows the basics of the company and, equipped with this information, they are proceeding to begin the dialogue phase. For this reason, the sales professional does not have to do the typical "song and dance" which, subsequently allows him or her to save time.
If the sales professional is selling a product or service that lends itself to being "high-end," price should be sorted out with this new lead within a moment or two following their initial contact. Unless you are the Wal-Mart of your industry, the incoming leads, though tempting as they are, may be too price focused and not a fit. If so, that incoming call is not going to be a conversion; it's going to be wasted time and energy.
Is the Incoming Lead Fixated on Price?
This was touched upon earlier. Though, upon getting on the phone with the new incoming lead, a sales professional should feel them out as to why exactly they are calling you and how important having an industry solution is to them (regardless of which company's solution).
Conversely, as tempting and as seemingly positive incoming sales leads are, each is not created equal and they ought to be strictly weighed on an ad hoc basis. Here are some parameters that sales professionals should incorporate to order to specifically determine whether they are speaking to a revenue producing lead or, conversely wasting their breath.

How Did They Hear About the Company - Is There Trust Already?
A big factor that will determine as to how pertinent an incoming lead is how that heard about your firm i.e. what factor put them on the other line? We know that positive recommendations are best as, prior to even speaking, there is already a level of trust established. Though, if the company found their potential vendor on the web, depending on how informative your website is, a level of trust and information may or may not currently exist. Sales people have to figure this out using the basics of consultative selling. Knowing the client researched your company and liked x and y variables allows the business development professional to leverage this information and convert it into a quick and lucrative sale.
Moreover, if an assistant is calling, their rush time for moving forward with any vendor may prove to be quite disappointing and may be coupled with a very long, unrewarding sales cycle. Consequently, if it's not a decision maker on the other end of the phone, reason for celebration should indefinitely be postponed.
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