CHRIS YEADELL <chris_at_mymovies.net> WROTE:
> However I contacted a company today via email to see
> if they would be interested in advertising on our site.
> They offer a Broadband connectivity service. (something
> that our audience would be highly interested in as we
> are pioneers in broadband content in the UK.) I wrote a
> very personalised one off email to the guy concerned
> yet I received a rather abusive reply telling me where
> I could go shove my spam! What I wish to know is does
> what I did come under the heading of spam or is the guy
> over reacting. The last thing I want to do is cause
> offence!! Does anyone have an opinion on this?
TO WHICH ROBERT DAY <Robert_at_rob99.demon.co.uk> REPLIED:
> Yes - it's spam or, to give it its proper title
> "Unsolicited Commercial Email".
Dear Robert,
I don't know how long you have in business, but my
guess is not long and you have no idea what a cold call
is. Before email a sales rep would go door to door
until he succeeded in opening an account. And a good
sale rep would never take no for answer, because
everyone deserves a chance.
Now what you are calling spam or unsolicited commercial
email is a load of crap. What would you rather have an
interrupted phone call from a sales rep or an email
that you can open at your leisure and decide if you are
interested or not and then reply without ever having to
talk to that sales rep??
There is Spam and then there is plain good old
business, using the newest communication device
available to us today...... the Internet. I wish people
would start to understand that the Internet is simply a
better communication tool and that's all, consider it
the new and improved telephone!
So Chris, keep up the hard work and don't let some
moron slow you down because door slamming has been
going on since the beginning of the industrial
revolution. Its part of doing business and remember a
good sales rep never takes no for an answer..
Stephan Nanni
VP Business Development
GotTools! Promotion Network
514.285.2888 ext. 243/tel
240.359.6431/fax
http://www.gottools.com
Received on Sat Aug 26 2000 - 09:20:20 CDT
