Crossword clues for telemarketing
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 the seller.
Syn: teleselling.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. The business of selling products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers.
WordNet
n. the use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales [syn: teleselling, telecommerce]
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 face or Web conferencing appointment scheduled during the call. Telemarketing can also include recorded sales pitches programmed to be played over the phone via automatic dialing.
Usage examples of "telemarketing".
To get around it, many telemarketing firms used rotating 800 exchanges, which is what Honey found when she pressed the caller ID button.
She was well aware that telemarketing companies deliberately rigged their outgoing phone banks to thwart incoming calls, yet she continued to punch the buttons.
Fry sat down and searched for RTR Limited, which came up as Relentless Telemarketing Resources, Relentless Wireless Outreach and Relentless, Inc.
Steve Epstein got Bill a part-time job telemarketing for a company called the Preview House.
It was a suburban backwater, half its units empty, the rest unobtrusive in their telemarketing and direct mail and small-scale manufactures.