Everyone has a telephone. I need to find out how to find and separate
conference calling users from the non conference calling users. Is
there a service or procedure to follow that I may utilize to simplify
this task? Presently it is more the "shotgun" approach and I am in
need of a "laser" method. I have contacted "conference phone
equipment" manufacturers but they will not release customer list or do
not sell them. ATT, MCI, SPRINT, SBC certainly won't sell customer
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
28 Jul 2003 14:55 PDT
Duke --
Conference calling is widely used in business but even occasionally
used with person-to-person or non-business calls. Would you consider
surveying to identify the users of conference calling -- or are you
seeking identities of people/businesses using the service?
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Clarification of Question by
duke54321-ga
on
28 Jul 2003 18:07 PDT
Omnivorous.
Surveying is out of the question. I am a single salesperson who is
trying to do better than others on my team. I am looking for an edge
on them. What I am trying to achieve is the latter. End users,
organizations, businesses and / or identities. This is for better
sales results. Is there any way that you know of, without surveying,
to identify regular from conference call users? Pehaps I am
tackling to big a subject. What is your strength/background on this
that makes you qualified to get paid to answer this, also? FMI versus
FYI.
Duke
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
28 Jul 2003 18:16 PDT
>What is your strength/background on this that makes you qualified
>to get paid to answer this, also? FMI versus FYI.<
Duke --
28 years of sales & marketing experience in computers and
communications. But truthfully, finding users of particular
technology can be accomplished by anyone with a good sense of how
users segment and identify themselves. It's a skill many of the
Google Answers researchers have, even if they've never worked in sales
& marketing.
In a project like this, I'd start with known heavy users of conference
calling: financial analysts; investor relations; sales (in fact I'd
try to identify specific industries where it's used heavily, such as
software sales).
But there's real lots to ask here:
* are you also interested in heavy users of computer conferencing
(such as NetMeeting)?
* are you selling only to a limited geographical area?
* can you use surveying of some sort (pre-screened leads; a website
to identify teleconferencing users; a sales assistant who
pre-qualifies).
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Clarification of Question by
duke54321-ga
on
29 Jul 2003 08:44 PDT
Omnivorous,
You have keyed in on the perspective which I have utilized for over
two years. I have employed segmented and categorized headers such as
those depicted in Hoover's business services.
I was hoping for a more sophisticated solution from this service GA.
Duke
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
29 Jul 2003 09:18 PDT
Duke --
Note that you have no answer yet; I've simply been trying to focus on
a solution.
It is possible -- indeed likely -- that there are commercially mailing
lists for teleconferencing users. Researchers can find those -- and
the costs -- for you.
Another tack that you can take is to request research into the leading
users by occupation of conference calling. Finding specific users by
name/address/phone/e-mail is a painstaking task for researchers.
Finally, you can use these clarifications to refocus the question or
cancel this question and post a new one.
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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