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The practice of making unsolicited telephone calls or house calls to potential clients, voters or other groups in order to drum up custom or investigate intentions
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Cold calling — is the marketing process of approaching prospective customers or clients, typically via telephone, who were not expecting such an interaction. The word cold is used because the person receiving the call is not expecting a call or has not… … Wikipedia
cold-calling — calling potential new customers in the hope of selling stocks, bonds or other financial products and receiving commissions. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cold calling UK US noun [U] ► MARKETING the act of phoning or visiting a possible… … Financial and business terms
cold calling — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: advertising, marketing and prhyponym telephone calls and types of telephone callhyponym activity of sellinghyponym Main entry: cold call … Useful english dictionary
cold-calling — ˌcold ˈcalling noun uncountable the practice of telephoning sb that you do not know, in order to sell them sth Derived Word: ↑cold call … Useful english dictionary
cold calling — call call 2 noun [countable] 1. an attempt to speak to someone by telephone: • Calls cost 36p a minute cheap rate, 48p at all other times. • If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please give me a call on the number above. • Andrew Walker… … Financial and business terms
cold calling — /kəυld kɔ:lɪŋ/ noun the act of making cold calls on potential customers ▪▪▪ ‘…the board is considering the introduction of a set of common provisions on unsolicited calls to investors. The board is aiming to permit the cold calling of customer… … Dictionary of banking and finance
Cold Calling — A method used by brokers to obtain new business by making unsolicited calls to potential clients. There are mixed opinions on the ethicality of cold calling, many counties have put forward legislation restricting this practice … Investment dictionary
cold calling — A method of selling a product or service in which a sales representative makes calls, door to door, by post, or by telephone, to people who have not previously shown any interest in the product or service. In the UK, the selling of investments by … Accounting dictionary
cold calling — A method of selling a product or service in which a sales representative makes calls, door to door, by post, or by telephone, to people who have not previously shown any interest in that product or service. In view of the high cost of maintaining … Big dictionary of business and management
Cold Calling — Als unerwünschte telefonische Werbung gelten so genannte Initiativ Anrufe durch Unternehmen gegenüber Privatpersonen, die in der Fachsprache als Cold Calls, Anrufe aus der Kalten, Kaltakquise, bezeichnet werden. Derartige, vom Angerufenen nicht… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cold-calling — noun make an unsolicited visit or telephone call to (someone), in an attempt to sell goods or services. → cold call … English new terms dictionary
