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Early History
Telemarketing is a registered trademark owned by Nadji Tehrani* who founded TeleMarketing Magazine in 1982. Prior to that, the term was used extensively in Bell System communications relating to new uses for the outbound (WATS) and inbound (Toll-Free 800)services introduced in the late 1970s. It is a form of direct marketing where a salesperson uses the telephone to solicit prospective customers to sell products or services.
Categories
There are two major categories of telemarketing: Business-to-business and Business-to-consumer.
Within these two categories are two other broad divisions: Lead Generation, where the objective is to obtain information and Sales, where the object is to get someone to buy something.
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Telemarketing :: Marketing and Advertising
Home Work: How Green Is My Garden, How Strong Is My Urge to Root
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:17:03 -0000
The reasons anyone bothers with a home vegetable garden are as idiosyncratic and hard to map as a sweet-corn genome.
A Sustainability That Aims to Seduce
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:42:34 -0000
A number of designers have begun to champion an environmentally conscious approach to landscape and garden design.
In a Father’s Clutter, Historic Oddities
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:56:36 -0000
Evan Lattimer is cataloging the thousands of objects that her father, an avid collector, amassed over the course of seven decades.
On Location: Subtract Walls, Add Color
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:14:45 -0000
Three visual thinkers collaborated for a bright, airy brownstone in Brooklyn.
In the Garden: Time to Move Perennials and Herbs
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:52:13 -0000
Late August, when vegetable patches appear weedy and roses are beetle-infested, is the perfect time for moving perennials and herbs.
Shopping for Dorm Décor With Students at Parsons
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:39 -0000
Notoriously short on space and equipped with only the bare essentials, dorm rooms almost always cry out for design assistance.
L.A. Times - Home & Garden
Neutra's Maxwell house moves to Angelino Heights from Brentwood
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Once it is reassembled, the new owner will restore and sell it. FOR ANYONE lucky enough to have witnessed the move, it was some kind of spectacle: the 1941 Maxwell house by Richard Neutra, one of Southern California's most celebrated residential architects, loaded onto a flatbed truck for a cruise down the Sunset Strip.
Porsche's Kitchen for Men
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Dudes, it's as sleek and cool as a certain sports car. There's even a TV. But what if you want toast? You're an evil genius, bent on world domination. You have a nuclear weapon simmering away in the basement of your underground lair, deep within some Polynesian volcanic island. You still have to eat.
Modern architecture mixes with traditional furnishings in Los Angeles house
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Grandma Gloria Swanson's influence is felt in every room of Brooke Anderson's home, which was designed by Gregory Ain. ALTHOUGH Brooke Anderson was brought up in a modern milieu, she credits her famous "Grams," actress Gloria Swanson, for imbuing her with a love for the traditional. As a young woman, Anderson frequently visited her grandmother's stylish apartment on Fifth Avenue across from Central Park. "It was formal but very comfortable, and filled with beautiful antiques with tons of books everywhere," Anderson recalls, adding that her grandmother always wanted to be an opera singer. "She had a baby grand piano in the living room where she would play and sing."
Cactus and succulent container gardens
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Dioramas by Anna Goeser of Pot-ted are dish gardens for people with a love of kitsch. ANNA GOESER'S container gardens -- desert dioramas she calls Mojave bonsai -- started as simple arrangements of cactuses and succulents. Then she began to add roads, cars and people. "They became little worlds," she says.
Book review: "Houseonomics: Why Owning a Home Is Still a Great Investment," by Gary N. Smith and Margaret H. Smith
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Owning instead of renting, even in the current climate, pays a financial dividend, the authors explain. With home prices continuing to fall -- and expected by many experts to decline further before finding a bottom -- it's very easy to play that "woulda, shoulda, coulda" game and envision how life might have been different had you sold that home back in 2005 and run off with the profit to Tahiti.
About your summer vacation
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700
It was O'Hare, cousins, bug spray, golf lessons, fishing and Grandma's grill. Chicago
Christian Science Monitor | The Home Forum
Sneaky tactics in the food wars
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Dad knew that if he could get my sister to try a new dish, I'd clamor for some, too.
Off to college – the great unknown?
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
After 50 years of marriage, working together is a cinch
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
A long-married couple works seamlessly together on those pesky household chores.
Put your fruit to the fire
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Grilling caramelizes a fruit's natural sugars, lending it an outstanding flavor.
Follow your nose to the best fruit
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
If the aroma of a peach entices as much as its color, you've got a winner.
A home without limits
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
Denver Post: Lifestyle
Celebs threaten to steal real show
editor@denverpost.com (By Ray Mark Rinaldi / The Denver Post) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:33:05 -0600
Ben Affleck's million-dollar smile. Charlize Theron's glamorous glow. Oprah Winfrey's authoritative aura, irresistible and unquestioned by millions of fans.
Appearance coach Patti Shyne, Denver
editor@denverpost.com (The Denver Post) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:55:43 -0600
Denver native Patti Shyne arrived at the Pepsi Center at 5 a.m. Sunday to do Caroline Kennedy's makeup for her appearance on "Meet the Press."
TV is far from only way to see the show
jostrow@denverpost.com (By Joanne Ostrow / Denver Post Television Critic) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:27:36 -0600
In the days of smoke-filled rooms, when delegates read newspapers for hours while ignoring the podium, the presidential nominating conventions were full of surprises.
Electronic Commerce - Formed to raise public awareness about fraudulent telephone solicitations.
Consumer Help - Remove your name from mail, telephone and e-mail marketing lists.
Meta Description: [ The consumer assistance and information site of the Direct Marketing Association. ]
Dealing with telemarketing - Inappropriate Telemarketing Practices and Legitimate Uses of Telemarketing.
Meta Description: [ Links to telemarketing and prostitution.
The good squirrel's guide to being polite to telemarketers. ]
Declare Your Independence from Junk Mail - 3 steps to end junk mail. Also offers success stories and action alerts.
Meta Description: [ The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice. As for the “new” in New American Dream, we help people live the dream, but in a way that ensures a livable planet for current and future gen... ]
EcoLogical Mail Coalition - A free service for businesses to remove former employees from direct mail lists. Reduces frustration of dealing with junk mail and saves trees/environment.
Good Resources for Opting Out From Telemarketers and Junk Mail - Lists descriptions of companies and services with links.
Meta Description: [ Resources for Opting Out from Telemarketers, Spam E-mail and Junk Mail. ]
Junk Busters - U.S. Laws on Telemarketing - Telemarketing, past, present and future
Meta Description: [ Telemarketing, past, present and future | The U.S. Congress suggested a nationwide do-not-call database... | ...but the FCC preferred another option | Transnational outbound telemarketing | Caution: legal jargon ahead | Background information about these FCC documents | Sources | A brief legislat... ]
Junk Mail and the Art of Hype - Bill Mason's essay, published under the Open Content Principles License.
Meta Description: [ Junk mail and the art of hype. How hype is used in advertising,the role of typsetting,attention span and desensitisation ]
Junk Mail Stopper - Offers advice on how to stop paper junk mail, spam and telemarketing and includes a listing of Federal laws.
Meta Description: [ Database of information and laws about spam, junk mail, and telemarketing ]
junkfaxes.org - Resources for stopping illegal, unsolicited 'junk' faxes
Obviously.com - A free guide to reducing unwanted or intrusive advertising.
Phone Busters - Information, statistics, arrests and news on phone fraud and scams.
Stop SPAM and Telemarketers - Simple steps to help stop spam, telemarketers, and to prevent identity theft. Includes state-by-state rights and regulations.
Meta Description: [ Information for stopping SPAM and telemarketers. ]
Stop Telemarketing Calls - Provides free caller ID software that stop telemarketer calls.
Meta Description: [ Another choice besides national do not call list ]
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Stop the Marketing Assault - Stop the invasion of privacy that arrives daily via mailbox and telephone. Protect your elders from those who prey on vulnerable seniors.
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TCPALaw - Information on telemarketing laws and what you need to sue telemarketers and junk faxers in small claims court.
Meta Description: [ TCPALaw.com - The resources for suing telemarketers and junk faxers with junk fax class action and the largest collection of law, legal documents, and other information for those involved in small claims courts and other suits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act - the TCPA. ]
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Telemarketing - Consumer education on telemarketing from the Federal Trade Commission.
Top Ten Telemarketing Scams - The amount of money that consumers are losing to fraudulent telemarketers in credit-related schemes is on the rise.
TravelASSIST Magazine - Beware of Telemarketing Scams - Article giving the good news and bad news about new laws related to telemarketing.
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Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls - Information from the Federal Communications Commission, with instructions on a free registration process for adding your phone number to a national do-not-call list.
Meta Description: [ Federal Communications Commission ]
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