Please be aware that there are laws involved with telemarketing and you must follow them. One law, as I understand it, says that you may not dial phone numbers sequentially. This is so that no company can block phone numbers that may be needed in an emergency, such as unplublished 911 or other emergency related phone numbers. Always follow the do-not-call-list if it applies to your center!
How to create a sequential-dialing list using Microsoft Excel:
In the top-left box, type in the first phone
number you would like in the list. If you are
needing the Area code, then please begin with
the area code. If you must have the (1) before
the area code, then please type it in, too.
No spaces or commas. Nothing but the first phone
number on the list. My office number would look
like 9135386273 if you are including the area
code,
but not the 1 before the areacode (obviously,
you would not want your list to begin with that
phone number unless you are selling used call
center equipment or plantronics headsets and
amplifiers).
Next, you need to highlight the box that you just typed the number in and then drag it down as many spaces as there are numbers in the needed list. You may need to move the cursor to another square and then move it back to the first square that you typed the number in to. You would then keep the mouse clicked and drag it down to highlight the others.
Once you have the first box where you typed the first phone number into along with the additional squares below, you would let off of the left mouse button then click with the right and then left click on <<??Fill??>>
This is where I'm not totally sure. I will have to check my notes. You should be able to walk yourself through it from here. If not, send me an email and I will update the site within one week for sure.
Also, remember in the save as screen you can also choose "save as file type" to select the correct format for your system. CSV or comma delimited (fields are sepearated by commas).
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