tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70549793259743663402011-11-18T21:51:37.800+07:00Telemarketing is a method of direct marketing in which a salesperson solicits to prospective customers to buy products or services, either over the phone or through a subsequent face to face or Web conferencing appointment scheduled during the call.Roedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975857679150274820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054979325974366340.post-59091491402359927892008-12-17T19:58:00.002+07:002008-12-17T20:12:03.068+07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"> <!-- start content --> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Telemarketing</b> is a method of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_marketing" title="Direct marketing">direct marketing</a> in which a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales" title="Sales">salesperson</a> solicits to prospective <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer" title="Customer">customers</a> to buy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_%28business%29" title="Product (business)">products</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_%28economics%29" title="Service (economics)">services</a>, either over the phone or through a subsequent face to face or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_conferencing" title="Web conferencing">Web conferencing</a> appointment scheduled during the call.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Telemarketing can also include recorded sales pitches programmed to be played over the phone via automatic dialing. Telemarketing has come under fire in recent years, being viewed as an annoyance by many.</p><h2><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="mw-headline">History</span></span></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">Some people believe that in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s" title="1950s">1950s</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DialAmerica_Marketing,_Inc" title="DialAmerica Marketing, Inc">DialAmerica Marketing, Inc</a> became the first company completely dedicated to inbound and outbound telephone sales and services. The company, spun-off and sold by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time,_Inc." title="Time, Inc." class="mw-redirect">Time, Inc.</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine" title="Magazine">magazine</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a>, became the largest provider of telephone sales and services to magazine publishing companies. The term <i>telemarketing</i> was first used extensively in the late <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s" title="1970s">1970s</a> to describe <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System" title="Bell System">Bell System</a> communications which related to new uses for the outbound <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Telephone_Service" title="Wide Area Telephone Service">WATS</a> and inbound <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll-free_telephone_number" title="Toll-free telephone number">Toll-free</a> services.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemarketing">Wikipedia</a>, the free encyclopedia<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7054979325974366340-5909149140235992789?l=roedy-telemarketing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Roedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00975857679150274820noreply@blogger.com0