Telemarketing is the practice of selling products or services over the phone. It involves a person, known as a telemarketer, calling potential customers to pitch and persuade them to purchase something. Full definition
A timeshare unit of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. agreed to pay $ 250,500 and improve its business practices to settle charges it made hundreds of unsolicited telemarketing sales calls to New Yorkers who had signed up for the National Do Not Call Registry. (nystateofpolitics.com)
The service is free and the CMA says that six weeks after you join up, you should see an 80 % reduction in telemarketing calls and junk mail. (moneysense.ca)
A: With the constantly increasing level of telemarketing in this country, cold calling is becoming less and less effective as a marketing tool. (realtormag.realtor.org)