June 2, 2007
Student Call Center Rep Is Self-Described "Hella-Marketer"
(Austin, TX) What began as a part-time summer telemarketing job is quickly evolving into a profitable endeavor for University of Texas junior Chris Pressman.
"I could sell a refrigerator to an Inuit and charge him 50% extra for being so far north," he boasted. "I'm not just good - I'm the King of Hella-marketers."
Pressman said that his favorite type of consumer to hook is a younger, single female.
"They are always lonely, and just want someone to talk to," he chuckled. "I turn on the 'sensitive guy' voice, and before you know it they just signed up for subscriptions to a dozen magazines they will never read. Oh, and my personal cell number I give out? Totally fake, and I'll never call."
Pressman added that he's not above "going gay" to make a sale.
"If I get an obviously gay dude on the phone, I start vamping it up," he laughed. "Gays are cool - they have money, they have taste, and they are suckers for a young guy who says he wants to go down on them. BAM! I've sold thirty three-year hookups to Good Housekeeping that way."
"I could sell a refrigerator to an Inuit and charge him 50% extra for being so far north," he boasted. "I'm not just good - I'm the King of Hella-marketers."
Pressman said that his favorite type of consumer to hook is a younger, single female.
"They are always lonely, and just want someone to talk to," he chuckled. "I turn on the 'sensitive guy' voice, and before you know it they just signed up for subscriptions to a dozen magazines they will never read. Oh, and my personal cell number I give out? Totally fake, and I'll never call."
Pressman added that he's not above "going gay" to make a sale.
"If I get an obviously gay dude on the phone, I start vamping it up," he laughed. "Gays are cool - they have money, they have taste, and they are suckers for a young guy who says he wants to go down on them. BAM! I've sold thirty three-year hookups to Good Housekeeping that way."
Labels: hellamarketer, telemarketing