Stop the Junk Mail and Use Telemarketing Secrets to Get Off the Lists

It's time to stop the mailbox clutter. Junk mail is at an all-time high, and telemarketers are pushing harder. Combat junk mail and find the telemarketing secrets behind "their game."

There are free and paid services to help reduce or eliminate junk mail. Most of them are effective, but the pros are persistent on removing you from junk mail and catalog lists.

It may seem unreasonable to pay a company to remove you from direct marketing lists. After all, it's mail that shouldn't be coming in anyway. Here are a few lists of companies that will stop the junk mail, catalogs, and "freebies" from coming into your mailbox and Blackberry.

OPT OUT OF FROM THE CREDIT REPORTING INDUSTRIES

The Opt Out Prescreen at https://www.optoutprescreen.com is a service that serves for the credit reporting industries: Equifax, Trans Union, and Experian. You can opt out of all offers for freebies, catalogs, and all other junk mail from companies that see you as "credit worthy" or prescreened as a potential buyer according to your demographic profile.

If you are interested only in catalogs from a particular company, and insist on "going green," ask the company if they print the catalog on recycled paper. If not, ask them to remove you from the company's mailing list until they do.

In addition, if you have duplicate catalogs from the same company and still want your favorite catalogs, call them and ask them to remove the extra listing.

STOP THE JUNK MAIL

At www.stopthejunkmail.com are pros at reducing mailbox clutter. The pros charge a $20, but are adamant about getting you removed from mailing lists.

THE DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION

The Direct Marketing Association at (dmaconsumers.org) will delete your name for direct marketers through its Mail Preference Service. The DMA is responsible for high standards for responsible marketing. This organization charges one dollar to remove your name from catalog and other mailing lists. This service can be paid online or through the mail.

JUNK BUSTERS

If you feel that you shouldn't have to pay for this removal, Junk Busters (http://www.junkbusters.com) agrees. This online service has free "opt-out" template letters to choose from that address that issue. The letters, if applicable, have additional comments such as "I shouldn't have to pay to have my name removed off the list."

TELEMARKETING SECRETS

Telemarketing companies have several different lists. One of these lists is the "rating" list. For instance, once a call is in place, a telemarketer will rate a caller according to the buying potential. According to Ian Urbina, author of Life's Little Annoyances, telemarketers have tricks of their own. They rate a caller and place them on "call back", "will buy anything" and "time wasters" list. These additional lists such as "time wasters" are shared and passed on to other telemarketing companies. If you buy only one item or service through a telemarketer, your catalogs and junk mail could increase, and you will forever be added to a "bought" list.

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