Comments on: No Permission Equals Lost Clients

By: helen graves

helen graves — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:19:31 +0000

[...] in November 2008 as the economic crisis loomed. We both love to eat great food and drink good wine,No Permission Equals Lost Clients | A Red BenchIn last week's blog Are You Chasing Away Clients, I talked about the rule I learned in telemarketing [...]

By: Lisa Montanaro

Lisa Montanaro — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:12:28 +0000

I totally agree with your post. I always try to reach a prospect a few times, and in my last attempt, I let them know that unless I hear back from them, I will be taking them off of my contact list as I do not want to beome a \pest.\ Some prospects then immediately reach out for fear of being taken off of the contact list. Others I never hear back from, and assume they’re not interested. And that may well be the case. But every once in awhile, I do get contacted by a previous prospect that admits they are so disorganized that they could not find my number or email address, and then finally looked me up and called me! So I guess we need to realize that many prospects are indeed, disorganized, and may need polite prompting like Donna Smallin suggested, in order to follow-up and give them the help they need!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:51:21 +0000

Love the articles! Good advise, I especially like the idea of getting permission. I will be doing this more.
Thanks again,
Michelle