Why am I constantly being treated like trash?!
...Of course I am talking about landing in other people's spam folders, ha!
But honestly, the irony of being a small (but mighty, I hope) one-woman business...
I am constantly worried my carefully written emails to people I have already started building relationships with still land in their junk... because guess what?! I still have people letting me know that my mail did in fact land in their junk!
After over a year of ClarityWRKS, having taken the careful security steps etc. to try and mitigate this risk, and never emailing someone 'just because' or cold calling or anything like that... it still happens.
A few months ago I got my first service request via my website...AWESOME! But sadly my response clearly landed in their spam - they actually enquired through HERE - Surrey Professionals! But I never hear badl...So yeah, I think I am still swimming around their spam folder with my well thought through 3x follow up emails...
In the meantime MY own spam folder is fuuullllll of consultants who I never met or heard off offering me all random things:
"Does your company need a new LMS?" - No. No, it does not thanks.
"A quick one to check in on your current recruitment methods" - Erm, I'm a one-woman band and happily so, thanks.
"When did you last check your Microsoft licensing against who's still with the company?" - ...never?!
MY FAVOURITE - "Join my lead generation sprint." - Well if you were good at your job, you wouldn't have to randomly land in strangers spam folders?! < I swear so many consultants offer this now?!
Anyway, I keep trying and fighting the good and honest fight to reduce me becoming trash in the future...
Just thought I cannot be the only one with these experiences?
What are your email, LinkedIn and also Surrey Professionals experiences with that?
(And to the above strangers I'd probably say the more consistent way of building quality over quantity is at least doing your research before you press send?... But what do I know, eh?)
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