Pre-Teen Advertising?

Selling Advertising In My Health e-Newsletter

• I am in the process of founding a business that will offer consumers a health e-newsletter. I believe that I can build up the circulation of this newsletter to a substantial size?perhaps several hundred thousand or more. Consumers will not pay for this newsletter. It will be free. They will voluntarily sign up for it, so they already have a demonstrated interest in the topic So my source of income is by selling ads on my e-newsletter to companies who want to reach an audience that is genuinely interested in health products and services. My question is this: I would like to find out which companies would solicit potential advertisers (nationally and locally) and sell advertising in my e-newsletter. I may or may not have a web site in which advertising may be sold, but for now, this is not my concern. I?d like to get a list of reputable firms of all sizes that can do this for me. Where they are isn?t particularly important. I?m looking for a ?rep? firm that ideally has a base of clients that they can go to and explain this advertising opportunity to to reach health-oriented consumers. There are many firms offers related ?marketing? services, but they don?t seem to have what I need. What I?m not looking for? Examples: In looking at companies like Doubleclick, they appear to have software systems that help a company manage their advertising. They have other services that help others utilize the Internet, but not what I need. Advertising.com has software and a range of services that help a company utilize the Internet, but I didn?t see what I need. I also don?t need firms that drive traffic to a web site or promise to promote my site. In thinking about traditional ?advertising agencies,? they primarily create ad campaigns for their clients so their customers can attract customers. This is also not what I?m looking for. I know in the magazine business, there are ?rep? firms that you can use. For example, if you?re a magazine in New York that does not have salespeople in Los Angeles, you can hire a ?rep? firm to represent you in LA and sell potential advertisers space in your magazine. I?m not looking for regional representation since I have no representation anywhere at this point. If this concept exists in the magazine business, it must surely exist in an Internet context?what I am doing. If my idea is correct, I will hopefully generate a sizeable list of e-newsletter subscribers. If I have a sizeable list of people who have a real interest in health topics, surely there is no shortage of people who would take out ads in my e-newsletter. I?d imagine, for example purposes, major health magazines and WebMD, among many others. I am a very enthusiastic user of GOOGLE and I look forward to hearing from you.

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  Hello - Thank you for your question. If you need any additional clarification, please don't hesitate to ask. Companies doing this type of work generally fall under the category of "teleservices," "outsoured sales," "outsourced telesales" or "contract sales" agencies. I spoke to a few such companies to confirm their ability to do what you're looking for. The first three have Fortune 500/100-size clients. Sykes ????????????????????????????????? http://www.sykes.com Contact: Rob Egulf 813-233-7103 Sykes Enterprises, Inc. Tampa, Florida Corporate Headquarters: 400 North Ashley Drive Tampa, FL, USA 33602 Cerida ????????????????????????????????? http://www.cerida.com Contact: Tom Maloney 978-659-6496 One Griffin Brook Drive Suite 101 Methuen, MA 01844-1865 Tel: 978-659-6500 Fax: 978-659-6410 Email: [email protected] Edge Teleservices ????????????????????????????????? http://www.edgeteleservices.com Contact: Bill Bryce 800-266-7800 Edge Teleservices 350 West Arden Avenue Glendale, CA 91203 Call_Solutions ????????????????????????????????? http://www.callsolutions.com Contact: Kevin Casper 262-827-6404 Call_Solutions Kevin Kasper E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.callsolutions.com ---- Additionally, I spoke to Customer Inter@ction Solutions, a publisher who featured an October 2004 "Who's Who in Teleservices" in their telemarketing magazine. The following companies are some of the best in their field in the teleservices business. "Once again, the editors of Customer Inter@ction Solutions have compiled what is one of our top five most popular and requested resources: the annual Teleservices Agencies Who?s Who listing. To make this a highly valuable tool, we?ve kept it as simple as possible, to present a large array of companies, many of whose services can be custom fitted to suit your outsourcing needs to a tee. We invite you to peruse these companies? Web sites and read about their professional services, both domestic and abroad. In an economic climate such as this, there is only one rule for certain: You can?t afford to put your customer service into the hands of amateurs." These companies do a variety of work in this area, and you'll have to contact them or visit their websites to see if they're suitable for your project. Key: A. Inbound B. Outbound C. Multilingual Services D. Interactive (IVR) E. E-mail capabilities F. Text chat A Varshyl Company Vagish Kapila Phone: 408-410-2240 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.varshyl.com Services: A, B, C, E, F ACCPAC International, Inc. Jonathan Blackwell Phone: 925-461-2625 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.accpacmessaging.com Services: A, B, D, E ACI Telecentrics Inc. David Spaulding Phone: 612-928-4700 E-mail: [email protected] Services: A, B, C, D, E, F ACP Interactive, LLC Camille Wehner Phone: 415-357-5123 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.acpinteractive.com Services: A, B, C, D ACS Mark Heugly Phone: 801-567-2327 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.acs-inc.com Services: A, C, D, E, F Advanced Data-Comm, Inc. Bill Strauss Phone: 563-582-9501 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.advanced-data.com Services: A, B, D, E AFFINA ? The Customer Relationship Company Steve Gonzalez Phone: 877-4-AFFINA E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.affina.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Alta Resources Alisa Barth Phone: 877-464-2582 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.altaresources.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F AM PM Calling Limited (New Zealand) Andrew Morrow Phone: +64 4915 5223 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ampmcalling.co.nz Services: A, B, C, D, E AnswerNet Network Gary Pudles Phone: 800-411-5777/609-921-7450 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.answernet.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F, ARO Virtual Contact Center Michael Amigoni Phone: 816-777-5008 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.callcenteroptions.com Services: A, B, C, E The Beryl Companies Angela Douglas Phone: 817-355-5040 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.beryl.net Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Cerida Tom Sevigny Phone: 978-659-6500 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.cerida.com Services: A, B, E, F CallNet Call Center Services, Inc. Charles Webb Phone: 800-237-6602 or 812-355-8200 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.callnetservices.com Services: A Call_Solutions Kevin Kasper Phone: 262-827-6404 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.callsolutions.com Customer Focus Services Steve Durham Phone: (323) 653-3367 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.customerfocusservices.com Services: A, B, C, D, E CanTalk Canada Inc. Maureen Mitchells Phone: 800-480-1686 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cantalk.com Services: A, B, C, D, E Center Partners, Inc. Martha Lanaghen Phone: 800-519-3532 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.centerpartners.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Charlton Rod Schwegel Phone: 608-259-8004, ext. 242 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tcgcorp.net Services: A, B, C, D, E, F The Connection Outsourced Call Center Auralie Simi Phone: 800-883-5777 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.the-connection.com Type of services offered: A, B, C, D, E, F CustomerLink, LLC Martin Pettersson Phone: 218-722-2800 or 800-722-2808 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.customer-link.com Services: A, B, C, E Diana Quinci Telecomarketing Corp. (Philippines) Victor Romano Phone: +632-5278181 LOC 106 E-mail: [email protected] Directfin Solutions (South Africa) Anthony Wittels Phone: +27-21-957-6700 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.directfinsolutions.co.za Services: B enGenic Corp. Jim Coulter Phone: 800-ENGENIC (800-364-3642) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.engenic.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F e-Services Group International (Jamaica) Mark Rovenstine Phone: 918-335-2522 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.e-servicesgroup.com Services: A, B, C, E, F Excell Agent Services, L.L.C. Heather Weber Phone: 602-808-1511 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.excellagent.com Services: A Foundation Marketing Group Randolph H. Liberman Phone: 800-290-8714 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.foundationmarketing.com Services: A, B, E, F The Frantz Group Doug Niemeyer Phone: 262.204.6137 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.thefrantzgroup.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Full Perspective Video Services, Inc. Charles J. Selden Phone: 973-746-0421 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.fpvid.com Services: A, B, C, D, E GC Services Limited Partnership Jeff Shiovitz Phone: 212-775-9322 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.gcserv.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Global Respondez Inc. Venkat Sankaran Phone : 908-561-5154 E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.globalrespondez.com Services: A, B, D, E, F Hamilton Contact Center Services Angela Morris Phone: 402-694-4343 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.hamiltontm.com Services: A, B, D, E, F Harte-Hanks, Inc. James Barry Phone: 800-456-9748 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.harte-hanks.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Help Desk NOW Inc. Larry Shaw Phone: 888-861-7070 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.helpdesknow.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F The Heritage Company, Inc. Marilyn Michie Phone: 800-643-8822, ext. 1142 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.theheritagecompany.com Services: A, B, E Hispanic Teleservices Corporation Kit Cooper Phone: 888-807-1212 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.htc.to Services: A, B, C, D, E, F IDS Infotech Limited (India) Rajnish Mehta Phone: +91-172-3952404 or +91-98146 10055 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.idsil.com Services: A, B, D, E, F Influent Inc. Hayley Weinper Phone: 800-856-6768, ext. 3054 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.influentinc.com Services: A, B, C, D InfoCision Management Corporation Todd Grable Phone: 330-668-1400 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.infocision.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Innovative Marketing Strategies, Inc. Maree Hickey Phone: 610-491-9052 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ims-ca.com Services: A, B Integra Telecom John M. O?Halloran Phone: 952-746-7066 e-mail: [email protected] Web: integratelecom.com Services: A, B, E IntelliCare Shelly Photiades Phone: 207-771-2959 Web: www.intellicare.com Services: A, B, C InTouch Solutions Greg Kurtz Phone: 630-369-3230 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.its-smartcalls.com Services: B, D IVR Technology Group Robert Highway Phone: 800-438-1709 x21 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ivrtechgroup.com Services: D, E Lana Call Center (United Arab Emirates) Ibrahim Al-Sasi Phone: +971-4-2617971 or +971-50-7180156 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.lanacall.com Services: A, B, C, D, E Link To Success, Inc. Jim Daughton Phone: 800-541-LINK (5465) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.roimark.com/link Services: A, B, C, D, E, F LiveBridge Chris DeLambo Phone: 503-652-6000 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.livebridge.com Services: A, B MicahTek Inc. Michael Jones Phone: 800.303.4436, ext. 3104 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.micahtek.com Services: A MphasiS BPO John Bugh Phone 972-712-7426 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mphasis.com Service: A, B, C, E, F OKS-Ameridial Worldwide Steve Trifelos Phone: 800-445-7128, ext. 260 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.oksameridial.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F OSC Teleservices Paula Wilkinson Phone: 800-658-2143 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.oscteleservices.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F PharmaCare Specialty Pharmacy Stephen Gissendanner Phone: 800-238-7828 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.pharmacare.com Services: A, B, C, D Perfexa Solutions Todd Regan Phone: 1-866-PERFEXA (737-3392) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.perfexa.com Services: A, B, E, F Performance Telemarketing, Inc. Matthew Ahlers Phone: 605-665-1552 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.performancetm.com Services: A, B, C, D Phonologies (India) Private Limited Prashant Lamba Phone: +91-22-22029732 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.phonologies.com Services: A, B, D, E Qinteraction Tim Smith Phone: +63-2-878-1500 (Philippines) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.qinteraction.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Quoquam,Inc Sales Phone: 805-578-9100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.quoquam.com Services A, B, C, D RSA Solutions, Inc. Cindy Heximer Phone: 716-564-4631 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.rsa-net.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F S&D Marketing Ron Brown Phone: 267-254-5051 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sdmarketing.com Services offered: A, B, C, D, E, F Selway Group, Inc. Stephen Matlock Phone: 480 969 2350 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.selwaygroup.com Services: A, C, D, E, F Sento Corporation John Morgan Phone: 801-772-1520 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sento.com Services: A, B, D, E, F Servit Consultanta SRL (Romania) Claudiu Dumitrescu Phone: +40723250477 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.romsourcing.com Services: B, C, E, F Signius Tamara Caponegro Phone: 609-921-7450 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.signius.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F SITEL Corporation John Trocher Phone: 410-203-2110 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sitel.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Solus Telemarketing (South Africa) Hamish Haddow Phone: +27217131915 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.solus.co.za Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Sound Telecom Michael L. LaBaw Phone: 425-392-3120 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sound-tele.com, www.solaxis.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F The Survey Center Jay Ambrose Phone: 508-477-7777 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.thesurveycenter.com Services: B, E Sykes Enterprises, Inc. Sales dept. Phone: 800-TO-SYKES Web: www.sykes.com Services: A, C, D, E, F Synergy Solutions, Inc. Lori Fentem Phone: 602-296-1601 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.synergysolutionsinc.com Services: A, B, C, D System Development Company of New Hampshire, Inc. (SDC) Robin Davis Phone: 603-629-4242 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sdc-nh.com Services: A, D, E Talk2Rep Call Centers Jim Ryan Phone: 866-856-2Rep E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.talk2rep.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F TechTeam Global Jim Hoen Phone: 248-263-5644 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.techteam.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Telacquire Marketing Group Inc. Edward Soorany Phone: 604-677-7780 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.telacquire.com Type of services offered: A, B, C, D, E, F TelePartners Mark Alexander Phone: 800-482-5556 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.telepartners.com Services offered: A, B, C, D, E, F The Telephone Centre Mike Foust Phone: 336.574.3000 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.telectr.com Services: A, B, C, E TeleRep Joseph Simpkins Phone: 800-638-2000 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.telerep.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Telerx Ron Abel Phone: 800-2-TELERX E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.telerx.com Services: A, C, D, E, F TeleTech Holdings, Inc. Julie Lucas Phone: 800-TELETECH or 303-397-8100 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.teletech.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Telvista Ayn Owens Phone: 972-312-5109 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.telvista.com Services: A, C, D, E, F TMONE : TOTAL Marketing One Ethan Davis Phone: 877-868-6738 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.tmone.com Services: A, B, D, E, F Touchstone Communications (U.S./Pakistan) Mike Meyer Phone: 817-255-4008 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.touchstonebpo.com Services: A, B TransData (Pakistan) Masood Phone: 213-291-1539 or +92-42-7520160 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.transdata.biz Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Unicall International, Inc. Benjamin C. Harris Phone: 330-864-9364 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.unicallinc.com Services: A, B, D, E, F Visions Marketing Services, Inc. Allan Geller Phone 800-222-1577 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wecloseloans.com Services: A, B, C, D, E Viteos Technologies Limited (U.S./India) Lokesh Madan Phone: 866-484-8367 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.viteos.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Voice Mail Broadcasting Corporation Brad Beebe Phone: 877-840-8622 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.vmbc.com Services: A, B, D West Teleservices Sales dept. Phone: 800-841-9000 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.west.com Services: A, B, C, D Xtent (a Valdel Group Company) Michael Miller Phone: 623-825-5439 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.valdel-xtent.com Services: A, B, C, D, E, F Additional info/sources ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Customer Inter@ction Solutions Tracy Schelmetic 203-852-6800x133 You can find similar companies with varying business scopes at this link: http://www.business.com/directory/advertising_and_marketing/direct_marketing/telemarketing/consulting_services/ Select search strategy ?????????????????? "outsourced telesales" "outsourced sales" "contract sales" (add health or healthcare to above)