telemarketing
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- noun
- /ˌtɛlɪˈmɑrkɪtɪŋ/
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telemarketing
- Many businesses use telemarketing to reach out to potential clients by phone.
- telemarketing fraud
- deceptive telemarketing
So I stole the the phone list and started at my own Kiwanis Club and would do the telemarketing, go out twice a week and pick up checks.
- So I stole the the phone list and started at my own Kiwanis Club and would do the telemarketing, go out twice a week and pick up checks.
Examples
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I work in telemarketing.
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Before joining The Tech Journal team, he worked in the telemarketing industry.
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What would you say if l told you l could set you up with a job in the telemarketing field?
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I'm only 18 and have been working at a telemarketing job for two years.
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What they are doing is the definition of telemarketing: the marketing of goods or services by telephone.
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That's why telemarketing is so important to our cause.
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Some companies spend more money on telemarketing than any other marketing tactic.
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The nice thing about telemarketing is you can live practically anyplace.
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Sorry, but I don't feel that telemarketing is a viable export.
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Defendants also engage in inbound telemarketing when consumers call in response to marketing efforts or advertising.
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Synonyms
Selling products or services by phone to customers
Selling goods or services to customers by telephone
How Commercial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word telemarketing is made of tele- meaning 'far', like in telephone, and marketing from market meaning 'buying and selling'. So telemarketing literally means 'selling from a distance', and today it usually means selling or promoting things by phone.