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"Can I speak with your wife?" the pleasant voice on the other end of the phone asked.

These are the findings of a new survey conducted by smartFOCUS, a leading international provider of multi-channel marketing software and services.

By Mike Collins Most people connect the idea of telemarketing to those folks who call you during your dinner to sell carpet cleaning.

LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Talbots, a leading specialty retailer and direct marketer of women's apparel, shoes and accessories, recently benefitted from an on-demand Web load test from Gomez, Inc .

P2P:- Another name has been added to the tiny list of violators of Canada's Do-Not-Call-List, joining: Rob Sugar Peerless Mason Ltd Best Price Movers Ltd McTavish Logistics Ltd YYZ Logistics Ltd Mouldaway Canada Inc The new arrival, as named by the CRTC under Telecom Decision CRTC 2009-680 ,A is Groupe CC, cited for violations of the Unsolicited ...

Over the objections of some law enforcement agencies, the Texas Transportation Commission has voted to stop placing the telephone numbers of accident victims on police reports, 1200 WOAI news reports.

A Mount Laurel man pleaded guilty to running a multimillion-dollar telemarketing scam that defrauded as many as 400,000 small businesses out of as much as $75 million.

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Neal D. Saferstein, 36, of Mount Laurel, NJ, pleaded guilty today to four counts of an indictment stemming from a multi-million dollar telemarketing scam that defrauded as many as 400,000 small businesses out of as much as $75 million, announced U.S. Attorney Michael L. Levy.

A former telemarketing company official admitted Friday that he scammed small businesses out of millions of dollars by duping them into paying for Internet services without their consent.

The Mississippi Public Service Commission has levied a fine against a Nevada-based telemarketing company for repeated violations of the state's No-Call laws.

The Texas Transportation Commission voted Thursday to remove from standardized accident forms the phone numbers of people involved in accidents, making it harder for lawyers and medical providers to solicit business from crash victims using telemarketing firms.

Direct marketer expands capabilities for mailings, publications, fulfillment October 29, 2009 - Trumbull, CT - OcA©, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced that direct marketing leader Fry Communications has expanded its color personalization capabilities with OcA© digital printing.

Despite all our warnings, even people who think they know better are being taken in by counterfeit check scams.

Hold on to your identification's, and shred any bank statements - " RCMP are warning the public after an increasing number of people are falling victim to fraud and identity theft.

Entries into this year's Direct Marketing Association of South Africa Assegai Awards are up 42% from 2008, which, according to organisers, is an indication that the South African direct marketing industry is in good shape and is growing rapidly, especially in today's economy where advertisers are insisting upon ROI.

By Gregory Gragg At Gragg Advertising, we build between 50 and 75 Web and micro sites per year and currently manage 60 sites day-to-day. These sites range from basic informational to e-commerce sites.

Business-to-business marketers seeking hard-to-reach prospects and looking to address their pain points and know that direct mail provides key benefits as part of an integrated campaign.

Police say they have arrested the last person connected to a multi-million dollar telemarketing scam.

I'm not a member of the Direct Marketing Association, so I only know what I read about a dissident board member alleging that the organization "is managed with casual regard for the by-laws that ensure that members come first and that DMA stays a leader." According to DirectMag.com, the "dissident board member" was able to have some "reform" ...