Dhruven Ponkiya

Dhruven Ponkiya is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Callyzer. He writes about real patterns he observes while working closely with telesales and call center teams, turning on-ground insights into practical strategies for better performance.

List of Author’s Articles

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Handling Festive Season Sales Dips Remotely

Last Diwali, a fintech client called me in a panic. Their call volumes had dropped by 28 percent in just three days, even though ad…

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Automating Follow-Ups to Maximize Remote Sales Results

Last Tuesday, while reviewing a remote sales dashboard at Callyzer, we noticed a familiar pattern. Fifty-seven inbound leads had been logged in a single day,…

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Measuring WFH Sales ROI Accurately

Last month, I spoke with a telesales manager from Pune. On paper, their remote team was doing everything right. Call targets were met. Login hours…

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How CRM Synchronization Fixed Our Remote Sales Visibility Problem

Last month, I was reviewing logs from a remote telesales team in Indore. The CRM showed 1,200 leads. Our call tracking system showed only 740…

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How Data-based Call Tracking Helps Automotive Dealership Sales Teams?

Nearly 48% of car buyers who research online make a phone call as their first point of contact. In the automobile industry, those calls are…

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Midday Energy Boosts for Remote Telesales Teams

Yesterday, while checking our Callyzer dashboards around 2:30 PM, I noticed something I’ve seen too many times: call volumes dipped by nearly 40%. It wasn’t…

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The Cost of Missed Calls: Poor Call Handling in Automobile Sales

Every dealership owner I have worked with recognizes this situation instantly. The phone rings while the sales floor is busy, the call goes unanswered, and…

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Combatting Distractions: Focus Strategies for Remote Sales 

The Observation That Started It Last Monday, I was talking to a telesales manager in Pune who said half her team was logged in, but…

Ultimate Daily Routine for Remote Telesales Agents
Ultimate Daily Routine for Remote Telesales Agents

Last month, I spoke with a telesales team lead from Pune. Her eight-member remote team had been performing well until their conversion numbers quietly fell…

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Troubleshooting WFH Network Issues for Telesales Teams

The Day Call Volumes Dropped to Half Last Monday, a telesales manager from Ahmedabad called me in panic. By noon, her team had handled just…

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Scaling Your Remote Telesales Team with Analytics

Earlier this month, I was on a call with a telesales manager from Pune. She said her 20-agent remote team made over 2,000 calls a…

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Simple Improvement Strategies for Banking DSA Firm Owners to Boost Agent Performance & Conversions

Managing a direct selling agent team is one of the toughest jobs in banking sales. The challenge is clear. How do you know who is…

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