I received an unsolicited email this morning from a niche job board that is really lame.\u00a0 The remarkable offer:<\/p>\n
I spoke with my Manager specifically about your company.\u00a0 I asked him to help me put together a cost effective trial package that would need to give you a good feel for how effective our service can be.<\/p>\n
I was able to create a private promotion that my Manager has authorized until the end of February.<\/p>\n
Since this is a private special, it is not available online. If you want to take advantage of it, you must call me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And of course the offer appears to be a 70% discount.\u00a0 Please.\u00a0 The fact that “Manager” is capitalized is entertaining in itself.\u00a0 However, the entire prospecting message screams “delete me.”<\/p>\n
I always appreciate prospecting approaches that are real, honest and straight-forward.\u00a0 Approaches like this one have far too much of a used car sales approach to be considered valuable.<\/p>\n
UPDATE:\u00a0 I just received the exact same email for one of our other sites.\u00a0 Perhaps this sales rep and Manager are quite the proficient team.\u00a0 Either that or it is spam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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