Cold calling promotion and selling

• Dialing for dollars?
• The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion
• Phone selling and promotion

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1970, from telephone (n.) + marketing . Related: Telemarketer (1984).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
telemarketing \telemarketing\ n. the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion; calling potential customers by telephone for the purpose of selling something; -- applied especially to calls made to persons who have not previously contacted ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Telemarketing (sometimes known as inside sales , or telesales in the UK and Ireland) is a method of direct marketing in which a salesperson solicits prospective customers to buy products or services , either over the phone or through a subsequent face to ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales [syn: teleselling , telecommerce ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The business of selling products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers.