Telemarketing /// 11:45 AM
Definition of TelemarketingThe act of selling, soliciting or promoting a product or service over the telephone.
Fast facts (http://www.yourdictionary.com/telemarketing)The use of the telephone to solicit prospective customers to sell products or services. Telemarketing dates at least to the 1970s, when AT&T promoted long distance telemarketing under the name Phone Power to promote WATS service. Under pressure from consumers and consumer groups, the United States Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in 1991. The TCPA specifically mentions automatic telephone dialing systems, or auto dialers, and prerecorded messages, and includes substantial penalties for telemarketers found guilty of violating the privacy of residential, fax, and certain other categories of users. In 2003, the FCC and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) established the National Do-Not-Call Registry, which allows residential landline customers to opt out of unsolicited telemarketing calls. The Do-Not-Call Registry was extended to cellular phones in late 2004. Telemarketers must honor the opt-out, although there are exceptions for political campaigns and nonprofit organizations. The penalties for violations are substantial.
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Sales is my favourite part time job. no doubt about it. I like to make sales to customers coz its a joy just to serve different kind of customers and their purchasing needs. Cashier, sales associates, staff, i've already went tru it.
This time round, telemarketing. The sounds of it alr make me wana just hang up the fone if one does make a fone call to my mobile. I mean, theres websites and stuff for me to see the promotion rite? Y make the trouble of making your decisions on the spot to the telemarketer? In this modern world, its common that users find it a fraud and stuff coz incidents happen. Others are making scam calls and stuff. And being sporean, we are always "cautious". Typical thinking once you heard it rite?
-prayers time-
will continue ltr
Labels: Done with it
