How long do you wait to follow up with a potential client after you have sent a price quote? How many times will you attempt to follow up before moving on?
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I don't follow up they either want to hire me or some one else will, quote is good for 1 week. make your decision and lets move forward.
You obviously do not read your emails! Stop sending me emails we only asked for a photo booth but we're no longer interested in working with you.
I want to deal with real people not automated
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Adam,
I'm terribly sorry to have offended you with my email follow-ups. I always do reply in person when I receive subsequent questions from a client. Please accept my apology. Seeing how I don't want to have anyone offended, how does $250 for the entire night of PhotoBooth service sound? Please keep in mind, this is a fully-staffed booth, complete with a huge array of props and a Picturebook (far superior to albums that the other guys produce). I'll wait for your reply. Have a wonderful evening.
WOW.....just WOW!!!
It is proven that on average, a bride will be contacted 4 times before making their choice on a vendor. By giving them the ultimatum of "book me now or else", you are telling them that you don't care about THEIR business.
Just these past few weeks, we have booked weddings when the initial contact was back in November, and the only reason booked them is because we stayed in constant contact with the prospect all the way through.
Run your business the way you want dude, but to me, this is a HORRIBLE business practice.
Just as a FYI. Sending out automated emails every week to a large group of people will end up getting you places on spam lists. Must likely a lot of those emails are not even getting to the people you are sending to.
Sending one email at a time and making each email different makes it less likely that your email will be marked as spam. If you are using your companies domain to send the emails you do run the risk of being put on a master Blacklist which would essentially mark all emails you sent as spam to all companies who use those lists.
Not an issue for me I have more inquiries than open dates, I don't discount and I won't waste my time chasing someone to hire me, I have 25 years in this business and all bookings are by referral, if you're calling me you know what I charge and you should just be asking if I am available, it's extremely rare for some ones first question to be "how much do you charge" if it is it's doubtful they will be my customer. 99% of my phone calls start with, " I really hope you are available on such and such a date"
Thanks for the info but I'm quite certain that you're wrong. These aren't spam emails, they are inquiries that are being answered. Additionally, I have an opt-out in each message. Also, the volume is nowhere near what it would require to trigger a blacklisting. I've been doing this for several years with no problems. Something you also may not know is I ran a much larger list for musicians where I'd send out several thousand per week. As long as you follow the rules there will be no blacklisting.
so every single person that calls you knows exactly what your service consists of, exactly what the price is and is ready to sign the contract if you are available before they even make the phone?
Is that seriously what you are saying?