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title: "Blog · TalaLevel"
description: "Posts from the team behind TalaLevel on sales texting, calling and follow-up."
url: https://talalevel.com/blog/
---

# The TalaLevel blog

- [10DLC registration: the cost, the wait and why it gets sent back](https://talalevel.com/blog/10dlc-registration-guide/) (2026-11-12): What 10DLC registration costs, how long it takes, the limits you get, and the reasons carriers send applications back, with the checks we run before sending ours.
- [A new cold caller's first two weeks, on one page](https://talalevel.com/blog/new-cold-caller-first-two-weeks/) (2026-11-12): What to expect and what to do when someone new starts cold calling: pick-up rates, how many times to call each lead, what to count, and a two-week cadence.
- [How many times should you call a lead before giving up?](https://talalevel.com/blog/how-many-times-to-call-a-lead/) (2026-11-12): Call by call: how often a lead we hadn't reached yet picked up on the next call, how long to wait between calls, and a cadence you can copy.
- [The best power dialers in 2026: every price compared](https://talalevel.com/blog/best-power-dialers/) (2026-11-12): The best power dialers of November 2026: every price, seat minimums, lines at once, what unlimited calling really covers, and the cost for one to ten reps.
- [The best time to cold call business owners: our own data](https://talalevel.com/blog/best-time-to-cold-call-business-owners/) (2026-11-12): We counted when business owners answered our calls, hour by hour and day by day. The hour mattered far less than the advice says, and our first count was wrong.
- [How a two-rep sales floor sent 165,000 texts and made 19,000 calls in eight weeks](https://talalevel.com/blog/two-rep-floor-165000-texts-19000-calls/) (2026-11-10): The real numbers from the floor TalaLevel was built on: 165,000 texts, 19,000 calls, 911 AI-held conversations for $110, and what it cost to run.
- [I sent 165,000 sales texts in 8 weeks. Here's what nobody in SMS outreach tells you](https://talalevel.com/blog/what-165000-sales-texts-taught-us/) (2026-11-08): What 165,000 sales texts in 8 weeks taught us: carriers block words, not just numbers, check each carrier apart, and a reply isn't interest.
- [My AI answered 900+ sales conversations while I slept, for $110. Every mistake it made](https://talalevel.com/blog/ai-answered-900-sales-conversations/) (2026-11-08): How an AI held 911 sales text conversations in 6 weeks for about $110: how it's set up, the rules it follows and every mistake it made.