Telemarketing

centralized office for receiving or transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone

thumb|Telemarketing 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, subscriptions 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.

opt-out list of people who do not wish to receive marketing transmissions

dials a list of telephone numbers and connects answered dials to people making calls

an outbound call center selling questionable investments by telephone

Telephone database in the United States

telecommunications scam

phone caller faking the phone number sent to the recipient of a phone call