What is the name of your state? NY, but pertains to any state.
Okay - I am not sure where to post this, so I am posting here.
I have my own business selling Princess House. For those of you that are unfamiliar, Princess House is a direct selling company, whose consultants conduct home parties. There are thousands of consultants, nationwide.
From time to time, some consulants conduct "cold-calling" - where we basically sit down with a phone book and call 15 or 20 numbers (or more) in an attempt to get bookings for parties. I, myself, have never done this, but I know others who have.
With the new national "do-not-call" registry, will we be able to continue this practice of "cold-calling"? What about calls to guests who were invited to a party but didn't come and didn't order (ie no direct business relationship)?
I tried running a google seach, but the only info I could find from a business's perspective seemed to be aimed at LARGE companies. Would our little one-person businesses be exempt from the registry?
What if we formed our calls into surveys? IE - "Hi! My name is Jane Smith with Princess House! Are you familiar with Princess House? Would you be interested in earning FREE merchandise?" or something along those lines?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
-Christina
Okay - I am not sure where to post this, so I am posting here.
I have my own business selling Princess House. For those of you that are unfamiliar, Princess House is a direct selling company, whose consultants conduct home parties. There are thousands of consultants, nationwide.
From time to time, some consulants conduct "cold-calling" - where we basically sit down with a phone book and call 15 or 20 numbers (or more) in an attempt to get bookings for parties. I, myself, have never done this, but I know others who have.
With the new national "do-not-call" registry, will we be able to continue this practice of "cold-calling"? What about calls to guests who were invited to a party but didn't come and didn't order (ie no direct business relationship)?
I tried running a google seach, but the only info I could find from a business's perspective seemed to be aimed at LARGE companies. Would our little one-person businesses be exempt from the registry?
What if we formed our calls into surveys? IE - "Hi! My name is Jane Smith with Princess House! Are you familiar with Princess House? Would you be interested in earning FREE merchandise?" or something along those lines?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
-Christina