telesales
The UK and Irish English term for what Americans call telemarketing — selling products or services over the phone.
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The UK and Irish English term for what Americans call telemarketing — selling products or services over the phone. Telesales reps work from scripts, dial lists, and sheer persistence, often in call centres. Unlike telemarketing (which leans toward marketing and lead generation), telesales implies actively closing deals on the call. The word also carries baggage: dinner-time interruptions, dead-eyed scripts, and the universal experience of hanging up faster than the rep can finish the first sentence.
She spent two summers doing telesales before landing a proper marketing job.
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(UK, Ireland) telemarketing.
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