[Jonny jones]

hi has anybody tried telemarketing, it has been long since i started up and i have allways thought of going down the telemarketing and let other people to try and get leads for me, i am useless on the phone,

the thing i would like to know if anybody else have tried telemarketing? was it succesfull? and how much did it cost?

thanx jonny

let castle take the hassle

[LEEWOOD]

Telemarketing is a bit hard nowadays as there is the usual abuse also there is a new law i heard about regarding telecanvasing something to do with you have to make sure that they are not registered with the TPS Telephone Preference Service It tells you about it here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A254332

Lee

[Mark Edwards]

Telemarketing still works very well regardless of TPS especially for B2B contract cleaning services. If you undertake your own campaign any data you buy should initially be TPS scanned for barred numbers it will also need rescanning every 28 days, again your supplier should be able to do that. An excellent source of data and screening can be provided by http://marketingfile.com/

I disagree with Lee, you will not receive abuse if you approach the campaign in the right way, telemarketing is a skill just like any other profession and if you are prepared to put the time and effort into learning you could conduct your own campaign and have a relatively high degree of success.

I have recently started a blog to help people understand and learn more about telemarketing, it’s early days but watch this space...  http://www.kmg-s.com/blog/

Of course you could also engage the services of a professional telemarketing company and let them take the strain.

Hope this helps.