Andy Rooney's tips for telemarketers .... Three Little Words That
> >Work
> >!!
> >
> >
> > (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..."
> >
> > Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off
> > (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each
> > telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room
> > sales would grind to a halt.
> >
> > Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep"
> > tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset,
which
> > has efficiently completed its task.
> >
> > (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one
> > on the other end?
> >
> > This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone
calls
> > and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.
> >
> > This technique is used to determine the best time of day for
> > a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.
> >
> > What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one
> >there,
> > is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7
> > times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that
> >dialed
> > the call and it kicks your number out of their system.
> >
> > Since doing this, my phone calls have decreased dramatically.
> > (never heard of this before)
> >
> > (3) Another Good Idea:
> > When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill,
return
> > these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw
> > their own junk mail away.
> >
> > When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for
everything
> > from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not
> >throw
> > away the return envelope.
> >
> > Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right?
> > It costs them more than the regular 37cents postage "IF" and
> > when they receive them back.
> >
> > It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was
> > around 50 cents before! the last increase and it is according to
> > the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other
> > junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return
> > envelopes, make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.
> >
> > You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to
> > just to keep them guessing!
> >
> > Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin
> > getting their own junk back in the mail.
> >
> > Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and
> > best of all they're paying for it...Twice!
> >
> > Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that
> > e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they
> > need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea!
> >
> > If enough people follow these tips, it will work----
> > I have been doing this for years, and I get very little
> > junk mail anymore.