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Groupon Has Called Every Business In The United States

• dreww 16y ago
  This is based on an incredible set of inane assumptions, with essentially no data to back them up.
• heyitsnick 16y ago
  "A typical rep using an auto-dialer will probably call 250–300 companies a day. You have to use an auto-dialer to get those kinds of numbers, which I have to presume Groupon uses." If I'm reading this right, this is saying "if a rep had an auto-dialer they could call 250-300 companies a day. To call 250-300 numbers a day, a rep must have an auto-dialer. Therefore, I presume Groupon uses auto-dialers." Beg the question much?
  • winthrowe 16y ago
    I think the charitable interpretation is: Groupon employs over 3000 sales reps; you don't pay 3000+ sales reps to dial manually, you use an autodialer: therefore, each rep is making 250-300 raw calls per day, and 50 or so live contacts. I think for most purposes though, it's the 50 live contacts that's worth concentrating on, since in my call center monkey experience, typically numbers are re-queued until you hit a live body.
• o6uoq 16y ago
  ..based on the assumption they have a list of every company in the US to call, it's a bit far fetched to think they will call every company - do you think Bang Bros are going to offer a Groupon voucher? ;) Maybe Warner Bros will offer 50% for Two and a Half Men..
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• myshoppio 16y ago
  How come they are calling so many businesses if the press keep on saying businesses are queuing to get listed on Groupon in the first place?
• ricefield 16y ago
  Another sensationalist headline with no real data to back up a big claim. For all we know, it could very well be true; for all we know, it could be far from the truth. It probably is. Besides, wouldn't you think they call several companies more than once? We're talking about auto-dialers here...