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Giving unsoliticited feedback
By: Hmmm Date: July 24, 2018, 8:16 am
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A friend's son has started in a sales related job for a company
that is in my industry. Son is probably in his early 30's no not
fresh out of college. Friend asked if it was ok to forward my
contact info and I said sure. Last week, friend mentioned her
son had said he had emailed me but I hadn't responded. I said I
didn't remember getting an email but that I start each morning
deleting about 50 marketing emails and may have deleted his by
mistake and suggested he resend.
I got the email this morning and realized why I just deleted
without even opening it up or even seeing who it was from. His
decided to add some "attention" grabbers his name so when I see
the Who in my inbox it says ****Joe Smith**** . That comes
across very unprofessionally in my opinion which is a key to
send the email straight to trash.
I also have no interest in forwarding this email on to a point
of contact in my company because of this because of the entire
tone of the email seems like a carnival barker, not a
professional trying to establish long term contact with our
company.
Do I just reply "Good to hear from you. I'll let you know if I
find someone with an interest in the company. Good luck." or do
I tell him "Sorry, I auto deleted your first email. The added
stars in your address imply mass marketing to me so I don't even
look at who the sender is. If you'd like me to pass on some
specific information about your company, would you put together
a more specific note about how X company could meet our needs?
This content seems pretty generic boiler plate."
Edited to add. I have never met this guy in person if that makes
a difference. If it was someone I knew I would be offering my
feedback (or not depending on my relationship with the person.)
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Re: Giving unsoliticited feedback
By: Soop Date: July 24, 2018, 8:38 am
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If he is truly in the mindset of a salesperson, saying "I'll let
you know" will not stop him. I would bet he will be contacting
you on a regular basis to follow up. At least if you tell him
why you can't forward, either he might give you something usable
or he'll be offended and go away.
There was a woman who used to work at my company whose husband
was always starting up new companies. Long after she had left,
he contacted our boss, out of the blue, trying to sell...well,
we weren't sure what exactly he was trying to sell. His pitch
and website were so full of business jargon and words people use
when they want to sound smart (paradigm, real-time, synergy)
without actually laying out what service he was providing. Boss
kept putting him off ("I'll take a look and let you know" types
of comments) and he kept pushing and pushing. She finally told
him outright to stop calling. That was the only thing that
worked.
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Re: Giving unsoliticited feedback
By: Victoria Date: July 24, 2018, 9:02 am
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I like the email you've drafted but I might say something like
"Hi Joe, Can you please put together a specific outline of how
your company can meet our needs? If you'd like me to forward
that information along, please delete the asterisks from your
name, as they're associated with mass solicitations. We receive
a lot of impersonal solicitations at Company and delete these
without reading them, which is why I accidentally overlooked
your first email."
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Re: Giving unsoliticited feedback
By: bopper Date: July 24, 2018, 9:57 am
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Honestly I would say the second response.
"Sorry, I auto deleted your first email. The added stars in your
address imply mass marketing to me so I don't even look at who
the sender is. If you'd like me to pass on some specific
information about your company, would you put together a more
specific note about how X company could meet our needs? This
content seems pretty generic boiler plate."
becauuse you might possibly help him, and if it doesn't, he
won't care anyway
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Re: Giving unsoliticited feedback
By: DaDancingPsych Date: July 24, 2018, 12:09 pm
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I would give the feedback. And I would spell out what he needs
to do for you to forward the email. It's all his choice, but if
he isn't willing to do follow your advice, then the email will
never make it anywhere. (Hopefully, he uses the advice with
other clients.)
#Post#: 9644--------------------------------------------------
Re: Giving unsoliticited feedback
By: Hmmm Date: July 25, 2018, 5:36 pm
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Thanks, all. I used your updated scripts and sent a note back.
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