| No-call list has little chance in do-call world
The breathless news is upon us: Canada is one turn of a hamster-wheel closer to a national telemarketing no-call list. Designed to protect telephone owners from unwanted sales tele-pitches ("B.C. sinkholes available now!"), the no-call list was first announced in 2004. Its implementation, in the good old Canadian way, has moved at something less than the speed of an iPhone transmission. .
Authorities shut down Fla. telemarketing firm
A telemarketing firm accused of using murky promises of discounts and free vacations to trick thousands of consumers across the nation out of millions of dollars was temporarily shut down Wednesday, federal officials said. The Federal Trade Commission took action against Strategia Marketing Inc., also known as Suntasia Marketing, following a federal judge's temporary civil injunction. The judge also froze the assets of the company and its executives and allowed federal regulators to inspect and copy the company's business records. According to federal civil court records, more than 5,000 people complained to authorities that the telemarketing firm, operating under at least 15 business names, used deceptive and confusing sales tactics to get consumers to reveal their bank account information.
Drive Marketing Concepts Moves to the Front of the Lead Generation Industry
The Hartford-based marketing firm Drive Marketing Concepts, Inc. has recently announced plans for client expansion. DMC, Inc., while specializing in promotional marketing in the sports, entertainment and hospitality industries, has recently announced plans to enter the world of "lead generation." .
Home security saleswoman goes door-to-door after Hallman beating
Kelli Zerbel went house to house on Lapeer street, just doors from where Ruth Hallman was found beaten in her home this afternoon, soliciting famlies to sign up for an APX home security system. Zerbel said she was planning to canvass the neighborhood today and when she arrived she saw the crime scene. She said she approached police officers to ask for permission to solicit and was told she was allowed to. �I was supposed to be here anyway but after I saw that (crime scene), I was like �Wow, what if I had talked to that lady yesterday? Then that might not have happened,� � she said.
Llvester Sharp, 24, was solicited by the security saleswoman. He lives three doors down from Hallman.
He said it was a little bit too soon for anyone to be coming by to sell home security systems.
Feds shut down telemarketer in fraud investigation
LARGO, Fla.— A telemarketing firm accused of using murky promises of discounts and free vacations to trick thousands of consumers across the nation out of millions of dollars was temporarily shut down Wednesday, federal officials said. The Federal Trade Commission took action against Strategia Marketing Inc., also known as Suntasia Marketing, following a federal judge's temporary civil injunction. The judge also froze the assets of the company and its executives and allowed federal regulators to inspect and copy the company's business records. According to federal civil court records, more than 5,000 people complained to authorities that the telemarketing firm, operating under at least 15 business names, used deceptive and confusing sales tactics to get consumers to reveal their bank account information.
Drive Marketing Concepts Moves to the Front of the Lead Generation Industry
The Hartford-based marketing firm Drive Marketing Concepts, Inc. has recently announced plans for client expansion. DMC, Inc., while specializing in promotional marketing in the sports, entertainment and hospitality industries, has recently announced plans to enter the world of "lead generation." .
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