Direct sales system
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1. A method of marketing secondary products to customers of one or more direct marketed products, the method comprising:
- accepting contact from a customer inquiring about one or more direct marketed products;
offering the customer an opportunity to receive information regarding one or more secondary products of a secondary marketer;
gathering customer data relating to those customers who accepted the offer; and
providing the customer data to the secondary marketer, thereby establishing a connection between those customers who accepted the offer and the secondary marketer.
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes to a direct sales system which selects or targets customers for secondary marketers. According to one embodiment, the a direct marketer offers one or more secondary products to the customers of their direct marketed products for a fee. The direct marketer can also categorize or otherwise process customer data from those customers accepting the offer.
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1. A method of marketing secondary products to customers of one or more direct marketed products, the method comprising:
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accepting contact from a customer inquiring about one or more direct marketed products;
offering the customer an opportunity to receive information regarding one or more secondary products of a secondary marketer;
gathering customer data relating to those customers who accepted the offer; and
providing the customer data to the secondary marketer, thereby establishing a connection between those customers who accepted the offer and the secondary marketer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A direct marketer, comprising:
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one or more call centers including operators which receive customer contacts from customers regarding direct marketed products; and
one or more server systems which store customer data corresponding to one or more of the customers who accept an offer by the operators to receive information about one or more secondary products from a marketing entity of the one or more secondary products, wherein accounts of the one or more customers will not be negatively affected until the customer takes one or more positive actions related to the receipt of the information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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