The Phone Book can seem like an easy source of prospects to call but really it is the devil in disguise for this purpose! It’s not targeted, it’s not tps checked, it doesn’t have contact names or up to date information. If you are after free or low cost data sources consider the following:
Use of First Names when Telemarketing
I am sure we have all come across cringe-worthy telemarketing or telesales calls where the use of the first name is overdone.
Cold Calling from Twitter could get you a £5k fine!
As most people are aware the TPS for individuals and CTPS for businesses has been in place for a while. What some people are seemingly not aware of is that calling a follower or someone you are following, or someone from a hashtag conversation is still an Unsolicited Cold Call. That means that if you
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Quick fix telemarketing consultancy
I did some work today on site with one of my regular clients, in a short amount of time and at short notice and referred to my reliable checklist of things to review.
Cold Calling Teachers
Here are a few tips if you are cold calling to school teachers Teachers are very busy people and don’t appreciate being interrupted during their busy schedule for cold calls. Now before you say it.. I know that nobody does! However, cold calling is a way of business life and those that feel strongly will
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Cold Calling to Solicitors
I get asked to share stats so here are a few from today from a sample of cold calls made to Solicitors in London to generate leads for Accountancy Services. 23% of all Call Attempts were unsuccessful. This was because either because the line was engaged (20%) or it was not answered at all (25%) or it
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Don’t risk a £5000 fine through Cold Calling
Unsolicited cold calls without checking the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) or Corporate Telephone Preference Service (CTPS) carries a risk of a £5,000 fine… per call! This articles provides information on the benefits of tps-checking, how to do it, where to get it from, and other useful stuff and is one of our most read articles on this blog.
