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THIS LAST 4 WEEKS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A TELEMARKETING COMPANY ON ROLLING OUT A HILARIOUSLY FUNNY DIALER/SOUNDBOARD TYPE THING. WHILE DOING THIS I FOUND OUT SOME REALLY CRAZY THINGS ABOUT TELEMARKETING. GONNA DROP SOME KNOWLEDGE TO HELP YOU GUYS AVOID THESE CALLS AND GET OFF THEIR LISTS AND STUFF.
WELL I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT THESE COMPANIES GET YOUR NUMBERS FROM LEAD BROKERS. THEY SELL THE NUMBERS TO THE COMPANY IN MASS QUANTITY. THE BROKERS GET THESE NAMES FROM ANYWHERE. THESE PLACES SAY THAT THEY CAN SHARE YOUR INFO WITH PARTNERS AND SUBSIDIARIES OF THEIR COMPANIES BUT THEY DON'T DISCLOSE WHAT PARTIES THAT STATEMENT COVERS. THESE COMPANIES PARTNER UP UNDER SO MANY UMBRELLAS THAT YOUR NAME IS BASICALLY SHARED WITH EVERYONE WHO WILL PAY. IF YOU GET A TELEMARKETER CALLS YOU AND GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT NAME AND YOU KNOW THAT PERSON YOU NEED TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS. FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS GET A COPY OF YOUR CREDIT REPORT ASAP. MAKE SURE THAT PERSON IS NOT USING MORE THAN JUST YOUR NUMBER AND ADDRESS. THEN, YOU NEED TO BEAT THAT ASS. THAT shyt AIN'T COOL.
ON TO THE DO NOT CALL LIST. THAT TIME I SPENT THERE SHOWED ME JUST HOW MUCH PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DO NOT CALL LIST. IT'S A NATIONAL LIST THAT COVERS ALL BRANCHES OF TELEMARKETING. BUT IT HAS ONE GAPING LOOPHOLE. IT DOES NOT COVER FUNDRAISING OR CHARITY SOLICITING. GOOD THING IS MOST REPUTABLE CHARITIES HAVE THEIR OWN DO NOT CALL LISTS AS A COURTESY AND WILL ADD YOU IF REQUESTED. THING IS THEY WILL PROBABLY SELL YOUR NUMBER TO MANY OTHER CHARITY/FUNDRAISERS AND YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEM ADD YOU TOO. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF TARGETED YOU SHOULD START KEEPING A RECORD OF WHEN THEY CALL SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR LAWYER SKEET ALL OVER THEM IN COURT.
NEVER PUT YOUR PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER IN THE HOME PHONE CATEGORY ON ANY APPLICATION. USE THE BUSINESS PHONE OPTION WHENEVER AVAILABLE. TELEMARKETERS AND CHARITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INTENTIONALLY CALL BUSINESSES TO SOLICIT. IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS PUT YOUR CELL NUMBER IN YOUR COMPANY'S NAME.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FOR TELEMARKETING. YOU HAVE AUTOMATED COLD CALLS, LIVE COLD CALLS, AND THIS NASTY HYBRID THAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT. THIS MUHfukkA IS A BEAST. THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM I WORKED WITH IS CALLED ECHO. IT TAKES AWAY THE VOICE OF THE AGENT AND USES PRERECORDED VOICE BUT A LIVE PERSON HAS FULL CONTROL OVER THE RESPONSES. THE AGENT CAN NO LONGER FLY OFF THE HANDLE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME COMPOSURE REGARDLESS OF HOW TIRED OR ANGRY THEY MIGHT BE. IT HAS SHORTCOMINGS BUT IT'S SO EFFICIENT THAT THIS COMPANY HAS SEEN DOUBLE SALES IN LIKE THE FIRST 2 WEEKS AFTER IT'S FIRST TRAINING CLASS. IT'S SO GOOD THAT SOME AGENTS ARE TAKING MORE THAN 1 CALL AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.
THIS LAST 4 WEEKS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A TELEMARKETING COMPANY ON ROLLING OUT A HILARIOUSLY FUNNY DIALER/SOUNDBOARD TYPE THING. WHILE DOING THIS I FOUND OUT SOME REALLY CRAZY THINGS ABOUT TELEMARKETING. GONNA DROP SOME KNOWLEDGE TO HELP YOU GUYS AVOID THESE CALLS AND GET OFF THEIR LISTS AND STUFF.
WELL I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT THESE COMPANIES GET YOUR NUMBERS FROM LEAD BROKERS. THEY SELL THE NUMBERS TO THE COMPANY IN MASS QUANTITY. THE BROKERS GET THESE NAMES FROM ANYWHERE. THESE PLACES SAY THAT THEY CAN SHARE YOUR INFO WITH PARTNERS AND SUBSIDIARIES OF THEIR COMPANIES BUT THEY DON'T DISCLOSE WHAT PARTIES THAT STATEMENT COVERS. THESE COMPANIES PARTNER UP UNDER SO MANY UMBRELLAS THAT YOUR NAME IS BASICALLY SHARED WITH EVERYONE WHO WILL PAY. IF YOU GET A TELEMARKETER CALLS YOU AND GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT NAME AND YOU KNOW THAT PERSON YOU NEED TO MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS. FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS GET A COPY OF YOUR CREDIT REPORT ASAP. MAKE SURE THAT PERSON IS NOT USING MORE THAN JUST YOUR NUMBER AND ADDRESS. THEN, YOU NEED TO BEAT THAT ASS. THAT shyt AIN'T COOL.
ON TO THE DO NOT CALL LIST. THAT TIME I SPENT THERE SHOWED ME JUST HOW MUCH PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DO NOT CALL LIST. IT'S A NATIONAL LIST THAT COVERS ALL BRANCHES OF TELEMARKETING. BUT IT HAS ONE GAPING LOOPHOLE. IT DOES NOT COVER FUNDRAISING OR CHARITY SOLICITING. GOOD THING IS MOST REPUTABLE CHARITIES HAVE THEIR OWN DO NOT CALL LISTS AS A COURTESY AND WILL ADD YOU IF REQUESTED. THING IS THEY WILL PROBABLY SELL YOUR NUMBER TO MANY OTHER CHARITY/FUNDRAISERS AND YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEM ADD YOU TOO. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF TARGETED YOU SHOULD START KEEPING A RECORD OF WHEN THEY CALL SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR LAWYER SKEET ALL OVER THEM IN COURT.
NEVER PUT YOUR PRIMARY PHONE NUMBER IN THE HOME PHONE CATEGORY ON ANY APPLICATION. USE THE BUSINESS PHONE OPTION WHENEVER AVAILABLE. TELEMARKETERS AND CHARITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INTENTIONALLY CALL BUSINESSES TO SOLICIT. IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS PUT YOUR CELL NUMBER IN YOUR COMPANY'S NAME.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FOR TELEMARKETING. YOU HAVE AUTOMATED COLD CALLS, LIVE COLD CALLS, AND THIS NASTY HYBRID THAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT. THIS MUHfukkA IS A BEAST. THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM I WORKED WITH IS CALLED ECHO. IT TAKES AWAY THE VOICE OF THE AGENT AND USES PRERECORDED VOICE BUT A LIVE PERSON HAS FULL CONTROL OVER THE RESPONSES. THE AGENT CAN NO LONGER FLY OFF THE HANDLE. THEY ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME COMPOSURE REGARDLESS OF HOW TIRED OR ANGRY THEY MIGHT BE. IT HAS SHORTCOMINGS BUT IT'S SO EFFICIENT THAT THIS COMPANY HAS SEEN DOUBLE SALES IN LIKE THE FIRST 2 WEEKS AFTER IT'S FIRST TRAINING CLASS. IT'S SO GOOD THAT SOME AGENTS ARE TAKING MORE THAN 1 CALL AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.
