Originally Posted by Azam.net

I agree with the comment about social networking. I also read somewhere that companies actually pay unknown actors to use/talk about their products/services in public places such as on the Tube or at the gym to raise awareness and subconciously influence people to think about using/buying such things themselves....

That's not the worst. Companies are paying kids to talk about their products on places like Facebook. Disgusting really.

How would this work exactly? How can the companies monitor the effectiveness?

Welcome to the forums, Nadeem!

I think networking and advertising are better than cold calls as most people ignore them

i think cold calls will work fine