Cold Calling, RVM, text messages as marketing channels

[Catalin B.]

I am trying to find deals using various marketing channels, including cold calling, RVM and text messaging 

I have skip traced a very targeted list with 1,555 data points and I got back the following:

1,372 landline phone numbers (88% return rate)

327 cell phone numbers (22% return rate)

Out of 1,372 returned landline phone numbers, only 376 (27%) don’t have a DNC flag

Out of 327 returned cell phone numbers, only 122 (27%) don’t have a DNC flag

If I am correct, then my workable data set for NOT with a DNC FLAG for both landline phone numbers and cell phone numbers, is extremely low.

No DNC Flag returns:

27.4% of landline phone numbers

8.8% of cell phone numbers

That doesn’t count the numbers that might be not valid.

Is this typical that you guys are normally seeing?

Also, I am looking for advice regarding legal boundaries when employing these marketing channels...probably some are on a gray area (i.e. RVM's) and others are debatable like text messaging (P2P/ten digit texting vs. A2P/ATDS broadcast).