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Telemarketing
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Level of
Review: I did this. It was an honest job, and I
did not feel like it was a "low" or degrading thing
to do. But I hated it.
Overview:
You get paid by the referral. You call numbers and
introduce them to a product, and try not to get
hung up on. If the person listens, and agrees to
either hear more (sales pitch from another
department) or they agree to purchase (depending on
whether you are getting paid by referral or by
sales), then you get credit and you get paid. Once
in a while you can find a company that will pay you
by the hour or by some other set compensation, but
they will require that you meet successful call
quotas before they will pay.
Product:
This can be anything from a credit card to a
prescription discount card, to a membership,
magazine subscription, or ISP. Generally telephone
sales are aimed at items that generate repeat
billing for the company. Lots of illegal products
and scams are perpetrated this way too.
Costs:
Theoretically, nothing. HOWEVER.... Most companies
will bill you a specific amount to cover a 1010
number usage fee so that you do not have to pay
long distance (the company pays it). They reserve
the right to bill you if you misuse the number.
Usually they say they will pay it back after you
make a certain number of calls or a certain number
of contacts (different than referrals or sales, and
different than calls too, because they have to have
lasted at least 30 seconds... in other words, hang
ups don't count).
Compensation:
They pay by the referral or sale - $1.50 to $5 is
typical. And they quote you rates on how well you
can do. After you get a certain number of
successful calls they will let you move up in the
ranks. Everyone starts at the bottom usually
though, and there you stay until you get good
enough (in their opinion) to make the sales. If you
make a certain number per day (or per week), you
sometimes get higher compensation.
Conclusion:
I worked for several days at this. It is honestly
the most discouraging thing I have ever done -
horrid! And it felt so humiliating! I don't know
how anyone can actually DO it and make money
at it. In three days, following the company
"script", I ran down page after page of numbers.
Approximately 1/3 of the numbers were not at homes,
answering machines, or disconnects. Wasted time
that I could not control. It took half an hour
or more to go through a list of 50 calls (You have
to dial the 1010 number plus the long distance
number so it is time consuming). There were lots of
hang ups, lots of uncomfortable people telling me
as politely as they could to go away, and only
maybe one in a hundred wanted to even listen long
enough to get credit as having placed the call.
Over three days, and several hours each day of
effort (I could not muster up the ability to do
more than that!), I got ONE...repeat ONE
successful referral. I have a good telephone
manner, I have dealt with customers a lot by phone.
It got so discouraging that I would have to force
myself to even pick up the phone and go back to the
list. I would sigh with relief when there was no
answer! It was truly a hateful job, and I pity
anyone who has to make a living at it. Frankly
though, I cannot see how anyone CAN make a living
at it! If it takes 8 hours to make $3.00, then it
is not going to give a very good return. They told
me that if I got good at it I could make good money
at it, but I had a hard time believing them. In the
end, they charged my account for the 1010 access,
and did not pay for the one referral I did get
(they did not pay for less than a certain dollar
amount).
Don't try this one
unless you can be aggressive and not get
discouraged. Your ego will take a beating, and
success is slow in coming.
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Our Rating System:
No program is right for everyone.
Even a rating of four or five does not indicate that you should
dive in without some careful thought and consideration. Business
is still risky. All reviews have the reasons for the rating
clearly defined.
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Information presented in program is accurate and factual concerning
the potential of the program, program is based on sound business
principles, and has good potential to provide stable income
for individuals to whom the program is suitable.
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Information is accurately presented, company focuses on selling
product, but business is either more confusing, less predictable,
or slightly higher risk for one of a number of reasons. Still
considered a sound company and very acceptable risk.
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or public perception and reputation. A rating of three does
not mean you should not do it. It just means you need to be
sure you are suited to overcoming the difficulties that the
program has.
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Information generally misleading, risk fairly high, many unanswered
questions, business principles questionable, but still has some
potential for actually working for some people.
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Cannot declare that it is an outright scam, but potential for
it to work is very low. Will have questionable business theory,
bad reputation, excessive hype that is not backed up by common
sense, or other aspects which indicate very high risk. Will
always have multiple issues, not just one thing.
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Outright Scam. Anything labeled this way is never worth any
kind of risk.
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