1,076,551
It's a numbers game. One I don't play, but I know some successful people that do play it. Some of the most successful LOs I know blast hundreds of Realtors every day, and they have some successful replies -- you never know when you reach someone in need of a product or service at that moment.
Not my favorite approach, and I agree, 100% impersonal and annoying --- but if it never worked, they would stop doing it : )
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Brian L. Sirota, Esq.
Orange, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Jim Patton
Modesto, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
4,571,967
I don't know why people do(and don't do) some things. Marketing Interruptus or some other type of disconnect? The wondering continues. . .
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
1,311,367
If enough messages, mail, flyers, etc. are distributed, some number of leads will be generated and some transactions will close.
Why do you think the Nigerian prince sends so many emails to so many people?
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
1,555,793
It is amazing that it is still being practiced. I guess it must work, or else it wouldn't be profitable and the calls/emails/texts/faxes would stop. It is endless and endlessly annoying.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
584,491
LMAO - no matter it must still work. Like John Meussner says it's a numbers game. Like the old saying with marketing mail, email, calls, knock on doors etc.
"Out of a 100-people you reach out too, 99-will say NO (out of the 99 - 1 one will be an Asshole, but there will be that 1 that says YES!" LOL
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
604,644
It must be working for some people or they wouldn't keep doing it. Just like all the internet scammers out there, some people must fall for it or they would quit doing it.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
1,844,271
Phone calls still work. I'm not a fan of people calling me & then expect you to answer their questions. I will say that some people are REALLY GOOD at these calls. Those people I go lightly on - others forget it.
When I used to do it people said they talked to me because I sounded nice.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI...
Gilroy, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
2,684,009
If you have a legitimate product or service, you can email me, or send a flyer or postcard via U.S. mail. Maybe I will look at it, maybe not. Chances are it will get deleted, or go in the round file, without ever being opened.
But phone calls (or door knockers or unsolicited visitors to the office) are NOT acceptable.
I don't care what your game is, whether it is legitimate or illegitimate. I will hang up on you, then block you. If they are physically at my door I will point out the no-soliciting sign, and tell them that they are violating the law.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,772,575
Richie,
I do know I have a lot of blocked callers, and Verizon alerts us to spam calls. A
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
1,197,042
It must still work for some of them. go figure
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
3,587,835
Apparently they do! I've got it fixed almost 100% perfectly now for phone calls and it's awesome!
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
1,502,898
At it's base level, it's not really any different than doing EDDM or mailing to a farm area or doing just listed/sold mailers. 99.999% of Unsolicited Commercial Emails ("UCE") that I receive get deleted... but every once in a while I'll get an UCE that speaks to something I'm interested in at the moment and I will at the very least research the company and likely call them. In the case of some mortage lenders, I have learned about interesting programs from their email and then reached out to my preferred lender to see if he offers that program.
Phone calls and the straight to voicemail ones generally don't get as good of a response from me... sometimes a far worse response. I also do report automated calls to the feds, since that is still illegal.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
3,164,119
Eh, I have done business with people who call looking for business. It totally depends on the tone of the call, it's not always impersonal.
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
5,216,353
It is a numbers game. I have a friend who takes great joy in keeping them on the line by asking questions. If you have the opportunity to listen in you won't have a dry eye and your laughing will be uncontrollable. Pure entertainment.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
763,783
Spam Calls work a large enough percentage of the time that they continue day after day, year after year, decade after decade and generation after generation. There's a seat for every ass.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Shayne Stone
Fulshear, TX
1,196,588
Human tactics don't change much over time,
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,452,669
I've never understood this practice - it reeks of desperation regardless of who's trying it. I would never do business with someone who appeared on my doorstep or annoyed me by calling on the phone. Why anyone would choose to tick off 99 people to get one possible maybe is something I just don't get.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
679,404
I understand that depending upon the type of business one is in, there are practices that work better than others. It is very rare that I get something in the mail that actually gets my attention. I am not a whim buyer. But there are many who are and they are the target market for such mail, stop-bys and calls. I must be honest and say that although it is a "big interruption" to my day, I have had some very interesting conversations with people who are happy to get a "nice person, happy person" on the phone -- and although they did not sell me anything, they were touched by our conversation and told me they were glad we got a chance to chat. It brightened their day. We both hung up smiling, and not a dollar richer or poorer. 😇
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Joan Cox
Denver, CO
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
5,104,931
I can only think that there's a payoff if they keep doing it. Make enough calls, send enough emails, etc.... someone will bite.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Carla Freund
Raleigh, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,344,906
I am with you on this, Richie. I did not get my new windows from the company that continues to spam me in multiple ways.
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
921,504
I often do business with those who show the energy to go and find the business. To me these committed people deserve more appreciation and I DO BUSINESS WITH THEM.
There is a growing poplation, many right here on Active RAin who are rankled by any intrusion into the construct of peace. These may have forgotten how they go started and have recited many times why they consult against following the path they journeyed to atttain their success.
My view is 'it's not all about me' and by engageing others, even if they are pursuing business, is an opportutity th LEARN. As I've said before, those who own the words 'I KNOW' are unteachable.
I, on the other hand, will ask, "How did you get into this SOLAR business?"
"Do you or anyone in your company own a house with this solar system installed?"
Or, I might ask, "Why do you, every weekend, commit to knocking on doors of people you don't know and subject yourself to such abuse when you reveal the invation is to the Johavah Witness celebration?" Or, "What's the good news from the Gospel today?"
None of this harms me and all of this benefits them whether they know it or not.
Door knocking, cold calling still works but not for the weak of spirit.
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
901,483
I often wonder the same thing. I imagine it must work on some people for surely all these companies/businesses wouldn't spend money on this type of marketing if it didn't. When I have time, I try to reverse prospect. I've actually gotten a few clients that way.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
5,868,472
There is nothing more annoying than answering the phone, and they go into their pitch and don't stop for a breath. Cannot even say --- I don't have time to talk right now.
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,513,143
P. T. Barnum said it best!
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - W...
St. George, UT
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
3,125,396
Received a call from a Florida number. Ignored it the first time and several minutes later, again. I answered this time and it was..."Do you sell homes in Utah?...again..."Do you sell homes in Utah?...
I asked, "Why are you calling me?" Twice. Click!
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
900,118
Interesting question. I would like to see some statistics on that.
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
6,392,929
Somebody must be buying or they wouldnt keep calling.
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA