Direct Marketing/Questions Answered by Expert Mark Swanson
| Subject | Date Asked |
| direct marketing | 5/9/2011 |
| Q: I liked many of the responses you gave to questions here. Wondering if you could give me some ... A: Well first off I have to apologize and say that I’m not very well versed in your industry, but ... | |
| Call Center License in Europe | 2/8/2011 |
| Q: I'm starting a small call center (up to 5 seats) in Republic of Moldova and the main program will be ... A: Sure, it is a very difficult process. You are going to have to register with each state ... | |
| Debt Settlement Program | 6/9/2009 |
| Q: Swanson I work in a call center in Bangladesh and we run a Debt Settlement program. We have been ... A: Robert, This is a great question, thanks so much for asking. First off, I would like to make a ... | |
| COLD CALL REBUTTALS | 4/7/2009 |
| Q: Telemarking Questions Dear Sir or Madame: I have a Monument Restoration Company in which I Cold ... A: Greg, This is a great question. One of the best I have received to date. The first thing I would ... | |
| telemarketing | 2/28/2009 |
| Q: im a group travel organizer and im looking for different ways to market my business, do you think ... A: Ishmell, This is a great question, and in reality it is tough to answer without knowing all of the ... | |
| business idea | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: I am interested in establishing a telemarketing firm. I have years of experiene in telemarketing and ... A: Yes, they are a US based company but they do business all around North America, Canada and Mexico ... | |
| business idea | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: I am interested in establishing a telemarketing firm. I have years of experiene in telemarketing and ... A: In order to do this your still going to need a lot of what I explained above. Perhaps maybe not as ... | |
| business idea | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: I am interested in establishing a telemarketing firm. I have years of experiene in telemarketing and ... A: Kevin, In reality this answer could be an entire book. There is so much that needs to be done in ... | |
| TV direct marketing of established product | 6/11/2008 |
| Q: I have a patented product which I created. It is a pet product...a cat scratching post feeder. I ... A: First, off feel free to call or e-mail me anytime. I don't mind at all and I love to help. ... | |
| re: SANs numbers | 6/8/2008 |
| Q: Account Number) thing. I want to use a call center to generate calls for me. The call center has ... A: First off let me apologize for the delay on this I have been overseas and the hotel I was at had ... | |
| TV direct marketing of established product | 6/6/2008 |
| Q: I have a patented product which I created. It is a pet product...a cat scratching post feeder. I ... A: Yes, certainly actually the first one that I mentioned Ventura, they actually work with start-ups to ... | |
| TV direct marketing of established product | 6/6/2008 |
| Q: I have a patented product which I created. It is a pet product...a cat scratching post feeder. I ... A: Rob, We do a lot of telemarketing on the backend of DRTV campaigns (Tele Resources, Inc. ... | |
| Larger call center | 1/21/2008 |
| Q: California. I specialize in live transfer debt leads and am interested in forming an alliance with ... A: Earl, It is certainly possible to find a larger call center that can do this type of work. Many of ... | |
| Get stuck in marketing | 12/4/2007 |
| Q: I’m a marketer in an IT education company specializing in networking. Our products are courses on ... A: The most effective form of direct marketing is telemarketing. Especially, if your targeting B2B with ... | |
| marketing-home base business | 9/29/2007 |
| Q: I need to know what type of business liscense i will need to work at home.I want to help clients to ... A: I'm not a complete expert in this area however, from what I have done on my own for consulting I can ... | |
| Telemarketing | 6/26/2007 |
| Q: Mark, I work in a small mortgage brokerage firm, and we have a 10 member telemarketing team. We ... A: Jim, Great question, actually this is one of the best questions I have seen. If you want to send ... | |
| marketing a new product | 4/18/2007 |
| Q: I am one of the influential sales representatives involved with that end of the business… Anyhow, ... A: Markus, Primarily I work with Telemarketing, however, we have marketed our product at many trade ... | |
| Writing a sales letter | 1/20/2007 |
| Q: For the short term I am sending out letters to a small database of retailers requesting an ... A: Nobbie, It seems like you have a great product. This is really not my area but I would be more ... | |
| cold calls | 11/30/2006 |
| Q: I started a healthy coffee business that is brand new to my area. I sell retail and am looking for ... A: The affiliate programs run very positive results as long as they offer the affiliates your looking ... | |
| Forgot the link ;) | 11/29/2006 |
| Q: In my excitement I forgot to give you the link LOL it's massagelaunch.com Thanks! A: The website has a lot of great selling feature so I would certainly try to direct contacts there as ... | |
| Type of Campaign | 11/29/2006 |
| Q: Mark, This bundling of services is being targeted to massage therapists. What do you think is the ... A: Actually, your problem is a very common question and one I run into often. Typically, the average ... | |
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Mark Swanson
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Expertise
I can answer any questions related to telemarketing and over the phone sales or lead generation. My expertise is in implementing telemarketing programs and designing programs that can run succesfully for companies.
Experience
I have years of experience in the outbound calling aspect of the call center world. I work with companies on a regular basis, helping them find the right program and the tools needed to dial it. I work at Tele Resources, Inc., an outbound only call center. We are part of the ATA, DMA, MPA, and ABC. I work with Fortune 500 companies as well as small groups developing their over the phone DM programs.
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