If You Contact Me
I read a post today on Agent Genius by Teresa Boardman titled People In The Machine, that caused me to think: “If someone contacts me, do they really know what they’re getting into?” I mean, I know most people hesitate to contact sales people because they have a pretty good idea they’re going to be spammed, or they could start getting phone calls from someone who they have to fight off every night, before they can sit down and eat dinner with their family.
I get that! I avoid the same things, and I want anyone who is contemplating the idea of contacting me, to know how they will be treated.
If you email me, I will email you back. I will not spam you. If you are a potential buyer, I will send you things periodically that I think you may be interested in. The same goes for sellers, but if you would like to be taken off my email list, please understand, all you have to do is return the email and ask me to stop. I won’t take it personally, and you *will* be taken off my mailing list. No questions asked, period, end of story. If later you decide you would like to be back on my list, just let me know.
If you call me, I will normally ask you what your email address is, so that I can send you what you’re asking about. This way you can look through it on your own schedule, when the time is right for you. If you don’t have an email address, I’ll work around it, but it’s more convenient for you if you have one. There’s a lot of info in a listing, and if I can send it to you to look over, you’ll be able to take your time and have a better idea of what it is you’re looking at.
If we do have to do everything on the phone, please understand: I’m not a pushy kind of a person anyway, so I’m not going to call you during the most inopportune times of the day, and try to get you to make a decision, when I think I might be able wear you down.
I believe this is the only way to *attract* business, and not run it off. I’m not about chasing you down, I’ll work hard for you, but I won’t try to take control of you as a “lead”. So if you’re thinking of contacting me, be not afraid, it should be fairly painless.
