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I am interested in retaining the services of a B2B appointment setting company. I was wondering what people would choose , a pay-for-performance based call center. Or a tradional hourly rate center. I notice positives and negatives about both and I am looking for advice from people who have used either. Also does anyone know what the average price per appointment is? Thanks so much in advance.

This is a great way of generating leads for yourself and your sales people. I have used both hourly and pay per lead. Both have good advantages but it really comes down to the overall quality of the center you are dealing with. Some centers sacrifice quality for quantity, and will charge per lead. While others have a hourly cost attached, but will provide top notch quality.





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Lee Waltham
The SIP Marketing Group
http://www.sipmarketinggroup.com
info@sipmarketinggroup.com
Skype Id: sip.marketing

Thank you for the response. Is there anyone that you would suggest?  Either pay-per lead or hourly, or perhaps both? Thanks again for the help.

I have a few call centers I deal with personally for my projects...I`d be happy to pass on your information to them if you would like to email it to the address in my sig.

or you can email me your addy and I can fwd. their emails on to you for you to reach out.

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Lee Waltham
The SIP Marketing Group
http://www.sipmarketinggroup.com
info@sipmarketinggroup.com
Skype Id: sip.marketing

What type of appts are you looking for?

I am looking for 15 min. meetings with decision makers or owners of companies.I am not selling them anyhing and  have my own list of chamber of commerce members that are already familiar with my services. My last company, had a lower rate of securing the appt then I did when I did it myself.  I was thinking I was getting a real professional and someone that could improve my numbers.  WRONG.  All I got was a bunch of "send information" requests.

If you are not selling them anything, what is it you are doing?

sipmarketing I have sent you a email. thanks for all your help.

There are many companies with their different rules and work methods. Some companies are taking money on lead or on appointments while others are taking money on time. I have experience with Intelemark. Which is performance based company. They believe in quality not in quantity. They are paying on based on appointment and leads which are very beneficial to us. I prefer more like this performance based companies.

 

Providing great thread here related to appointment setting. For any kind of business firm appointments are very essential to enhance their existing B2B leading generation efforts, this is more beneficial for strategic selling and marketing.