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7 Common TCPA Misconceptions

Quality Contact Solutions

wireless telephone number , regardless if the call is B2B. Call Abandonment: Call abandonment rules apply to all types of telemarketing calls, regardless if you are calling consumers or businesses. Telemarketers cannot abandon more than 3% of live answered calls per campaign per 30-day period.

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Telemarketing Practices to Avoid Your Getting Numbers Flagged

Calltools

Once your calls start getting flagged in this way, connecting to leads becomes harder than ever. By avoiding the following telemarketing practices, you can reduce the risk of your numbers being flagged. The more calls you make from each number, the greater the chance of your calls getting flagged as spam. Don’t be timid.

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What Is Inside Sales And How Does It Differ From Telemarketing?

CrazyCall

Inside sales predominantly take place on the phone and are sometimes treated as a slightly different form of telemarketing. Is inside sales just a different word for telemarketing? According to Ayesha Khan , once you get someone on the phone your approach needs to be tailored to match that of the person on the other end of the line.

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Predictive Dialer vs Auto Dialer: What You Need to Know

aircall

It needs four things to work — a computer to run the software, a person to answer the phone, a voice modem, and an active telephone line. An auto dialer uses predictive dialing to make calls while a sales or support agent finishes up a call. From there, the auto dialer sends the call to a live operator or a recorded message.

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What is a Progressive Dialer?

NICE inContact

A Progressive Dialer, just like a Predictive Dialer, is implemented to avoid agents having to manually dial customer phone numbers to make outbound calls. A Progressive Dialer will wait for an agent to finish their current call before it dials the next number on the list, and it will only dial one number per agent.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Successful Predictive Dialer Campaign for Your Business

NobelBiz

As soon as a call is answered, the software determines whether a live person or an answering machine/voicemail system is on the other end. If a live person answers the call, the software immediately connects the call to an available agent. The goal is to deliver the finest service possible to consumers.

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What Types of Dialers Keep the FTC Happy?

Calltools

The telemarketing industry and contact centers fall under the purview of the FTC. The 3 Percent Rule The TCPA creates an ever-changing landscape where telemarketing and call center industries operate. A call is “abandoned” when no agent is available within two seconds of a person answering the call.