Services

Prospect Research offers a range of complimentary business development services.  Many of our Clients use us for more than one service, to fully outsource their UK telemarketing and database development.

We pride ourselves in offering excellent return on investment for all our services, supplying Clients with consistent and well qualified sales leads and appointments, while keeping their databases up-to-date and ready for use for other marketing methods.

Click on the headings below to show our expertise in each area.

Lead Generation
Whether you want to contact new prospects, or re-instigate business with past customers, Prospect Research can provide you with a structured and efficient lead generation service.

Our approach to the telemarketing is done using a carefully profiled approach. In this way, we are able to manage your sales pipeline from our office, classify every contact that we get through to, arrange call backs, or to give you information about whether they are a good/bad prospect.

"We needed to use a telemarketing company that we could trust to understand our services, and speak in an informed and confident way to our target markets."
Peter Samuel, Commercial Director, Quorum Business Systems

» Click here to find out more about our experience in lead generation

Appointment Setting
Using an outsourced appointment setting service is perfect for companies who want to keep their sales team on the road, and not booking their own appointments.

At Prospect Research, we can provide you with a fully-managed outsourced telemarketing service, so we can book appointments straight into your sales team’s diaries.  We have experience in working with companies that have split sales teams between different regions, and our team ensures that calling is divided to service each sales person as required.

Before telemarketing commences, we will ask to have a briefing meeting with you, so we can fully understand the deliverables you need from telemarketing.  From this we will have an understanding of your criteria for a good appointment, what information you need us to gather, and the results you need from us to best service your sales team.

You will receive detailed call notes for each appointment arranged, so your sales team know as much as us about why the contact is a great prospect.  We use our initiative during calls to gain valuable information for you about each company and market sector.

“Using Prospect Research to conduct the telemarketing for our campaigns has ensured that our sales team is free to attend meetings.  The team at Prospect Research has delivered the results needed, and I have been impressed by their confident and organised way of working.”      
Veda Jones, Sales Manager, Streamline, Royal Bank of Scotland

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Market Research & Customer Surveys
Many of our Clients use us to contact lapsed Clients, to gather feedback from them about the service they received, and to discuss future business requirements with them.  Telemarketing is an effective way of conducting customer surveys.  Our Clients who have used this service enjoy a much higher response rate than when they have sent out email or postal surveys.

“We wanted to be proactive in contacting customers who had already experienced our quality service, to check whether they still had a requirement for hiring from Speedy Compressors.  Prospect Research gathered invaluable feedback about our customer’s past hiring experiences that we were able to utilise immediately.”
Johanna Ping, Brand Manager, Speedy Compressors

» Click here to find out more about our experience in market research and customer surveys

Event Invitation & Follow-Up
Events, seminars and conferences can be one of the most effective marketing methods to introduce potential prospects to your services.  However, often sending out postal or electronic invitations is not enough to fill the room.  A follow-up call from Prospect Research after the invitation has been sent ensures that the company has received the invitation and also generates added interest in attending.

After an event, it’s essential that you remain in contact with your delegates and attendees to maximize your chances of winning business from them.  A call from Prospect Research can gather useful feedback about the event, and information about the delegate’s ongoing business requirements.

Prospect Research will manage the database of delegates, and arrange an appointment for you to meet with suitable companies. 

“After using Prospect Research to invite delegates to our latest HR Forum, we enjoyed a significant rise in delegates attending.  It was an efficient and effective way of spreading the word about the Forum to the companies who would be most interested about coming.”
Stephen Goddard, Commercial Development Director, Kester Cunningham John

» Click here to find out more about our experience in event invitations and follow-up

Direct Mail Follow-Up
With response rates from direct mail currently at around 1-3%, telemarketing in conjunction with a direct mail campaign can greatly increase the response rate.

Prospect Research can cleanse your database prior to your mailing, and then follow up the mailing with a telemarketing call to start the sales process.

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Database Development & Cleansing
Business data decays at a frightening rate – 40% a year, according to B2B Marketing magazine.  We can develop your database to work through your existing contacts, and update their contact details.  This is also a good time to collect other information such as contract renewals, competitor intelligence and current requirements. 

Database develop can be done before a direct marketing campaign, to ensure that you are contacting the right people with your mailing, or on an ongoing basis.

“Prospect Research did a fantastic job cleansing our database of primary and secondary schools.  We now have an up-to-date database, with all the information we need to create a focused and personalised marketing campaign.”
Jon Sugden, Managing Director, Smarter Interactive

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Our experience includes contacting:

  • Retail Sector
  • Manufacturing sector
  • Food and leisure sector
  • Blue chip companies
  • Education sector
  • Public sector (inc. NHS Trusts and Local Authorities)
  • SMEs

Corporate Telephone Preference ServiceProspect Research is a member of the Direct Marketing Association.  The DMA and its members are committed to promoting the self-regulation within the direct marketing industry.  It is a condition of membership that member companies of the DMA are required to adhere to the DM Code of Practice (3rd Edition).

Corporate Telephone Preference ServiceWe check all the data that we call with the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS), to ensure that we don’t call anyone who has opted out of getting unsolicited sales and marketing calls.  For further information about this service, click here.


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Prospect Research is registered in England and Wales as company number 4925350. Our VAT registration number is 832 4213 60.
Our registered office address is Prospect Research, PO Box 619, Cambridge, CB1 0GW.