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Blue Cross calls, mailers get NC lawmakers' notice
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 11 hours ago
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State lawmakers and attorneys are scrutinizing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for its attempt to influence the national health care debate through direct mail and possibly illegal automated phone calls. More Business The state Attorney...
Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Roy Cooper, attorney general, health insurer, automated phone, phone called, Sen. Kay Hagan, North Carolina, Lew Borman, Seattle, Robocall, Kay Hagan, Telemarketing, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Healthcare in the United States, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Insurance
SBA's Harrington: Improving the agency's ability to help small businesses
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility From the Partnership for Public Service Monday, November 23, 2009; 4:46 AM When President Obama assumed office in January, the Small Business Administration (SBA) faced some substantial economic challenges. The agency's budget and staff had been cut...
Tags: حد تشخيص, در حد, يون نقره, به روش, مقدار يون, small businesses, Washington, Business Finance, Small business, Business models, Small Business Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer protection, Telemarketing, Direct marketing, Marketing
One man's telemarketing nightmare
Delhi :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility And he was still hanging up on them. "Like thousands of other Canadians hang up on them," he says...Denis Carmel said at the time. "On the telephone side, more than 1 million people tried to access the system...As for the telemarketer who called the Terry...
Tags: James Terry, CRTC, calling list, Canada, Delhi, Telemarketing, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, National Do Not Call List
Do Not Call numbers set to drop off list
Melbourne :: Australia | 2 days ago
Credibility Do Not Call database may find themselves receiving fresh phone sales pitches next year, as the first entries on the national register expire. More than 4 million telephone numbers will be registered on the government database by the end of this year if...
Tags: phoning numbers, Australia, Melbourne, Mobile phone, Telephone call, National Do Not Call List, Cold calling, Telemarketing, National Do Not Call Registry, Do Not Call Register, Business Finance
Shortcuts: When ‘Customer Service’ Seems Anything But
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility When �Customer Service� Seems Anything But Published: November 20, 2009 MY husband and I spent most of our waking hours last week or at least it seemed that way on hold listening to tinny music and then being thoroughly frustrated because the customer...
Tags: called centers, Customer Service, Ms. Strong, Philadelphia, Telemarketing, Virtual queue, Predictive dialer, Telephony, Call centre, Mobile phone
MP drafts bill for more transparency for fundraisers (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 6 days ago
Credibility A bill drafted to force professional fundraisers to disclose how much they keep for themselves is on Parliament's agenda. National MP Amy Adams' member's bill was drawn from the ballot today and will be debated on its first reading. ``I was horrified...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Charitable organization, Fundraiser, Telemarketing, Philanthropy, Fundraising, Finance, Social Issues
Love of contests brings loads of junk mail
San José :: Costa Rica | 8 days ago
Credibility Each day a call would come, telling the Midlothian woman a few million more was just waiting out there for her to claim. Claiming the prize was so simple. Mike Bennett says he is concerned with the amount of calls from fraudulent contest organizations...
Tags: Marie Bennett, Mike Bennett, Bennetts, junk mail, Mitch Katz, Costa Rica, San José, Federal Trade Commission, National Do Not Call Registry, Sweepstakes, Telemarketing, Marketing, Federal Communications Commission
Stopping political phone calls nearly impossible
Denver :: CO :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility The 2008 election was a horror, phone-call wise, and we dread 2010. Short of getting a new phone number, how do we stop the unwanted calls? — Bob Mahood, Parker A: You can't. A new telephone number is the only sure-fire way to stop what's quickly becoming...
Tags: Denver, E-mail, Human Interest, Telemarketing, Ringtone, Mobile phone
All Systems Go for Census Contract Winner
Auckland :: New Zealand | 12 days ago
Credibility Telnet was successful in its bid for the 2011 Census contact centre contract because of its proven history in delivering excellence on unique project work and its innovative in-house created technology. Managing Director and founder John Chetwynd says...
Tags: Telnet, John Chetwynd, New Zealand, contact centre, chetwynd says, census night, Auckland, Telemarketing, Social Issues
Telemarketing, Is It a Scam?
While I look for a summer job I have encountered numerous call center scams. After working for a telemarketing company last summer, I had ruled out working for a business like that again. I was very curious to see if the specific company I had worked...
Tags: Telemarketing, Scam, Magazines
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