Our company is looking for a local (Dallas, TX) company who provides
appointment setting services.  Basically we sell a technology product
to small businesses and we want to hire a telemarketing company to set
appointments for our sales people with owners of small businesses.  We
want to find someone locally.  Three options would be best.

I dont know of any local Dallas, TX lead generation companies, but
there are quite a few out there that specialize in setting
appointments. (Nationwide companies). An example of which is
www.businessbeanstalk.com that specializes in small to medium sized
businesses. Basically, most lead generation is done with a cold list
of businesses in your area. From this list, cold calling is done and
it is whittled down to "warm" leads, which are turned into
appointments. Hope that helps.