OpenRoad + Mod7
Two pioneering organizations, together at last.
OpenRoad is pleased to announce the acquisition of creative agency Mod7.
Read the letter from our PrincipalStaying Ahead of the Pirating Telemarketers
Posted on February 01, 2007 in Media Culture by Mod7
This article demonstrates that telemarketers are more than just passive nuisances: a "...former employee, who was laid off by the company several weeks ago, alleges that Epixtars telemarketers use a variety of techniques including altering taped telephone calls to prove that customers agreed to charges."
Those bastards !
If you're quick on your feet, you might fight back on your own terms: http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/
Or, you can just be a pain and turn their tactics against them. From the anti-telemarketing counterscript :
Telemarketers make use of a telescript - a guideline for a telephone conversation. This script creates an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer. It is this imbalance, most of all, that makes telemarketing successful. The EGBG Counterscript attempts to redress that balance... [ more ]