sketchysales

Sales Manager

Need serious help with a follow up situ

Morning savages.

Happy new year and all that. I have a fairly major potential client who showed interest and gave me a meeting back in November. I have been following them up a bit, struggling to get them on the phone and the last email from them was early December saying they are still reviewing and getting feedback from the team. I do not want to send a break up email because I feel we havent had enough dialogue for that yet and its the kind of deal that will make or break the area for us (we sell through retail outlets). I also dont want to send him a message that makes it easy to say not right now please thank you go away because that will close pretty much every avenue into the company for now.

I am back in the area of this contact again later this month and want to get a meeting with them to discuss it further. I have tried calling to no avail so far so I thought id send a brief email but im struggling with it.

this is what i have so far:

Good morning ....,

Trust all is well and you had a good festive break. I was just looking to reconnect about our ongoing discussion. I am going to be in ...... again at the end of this month and was wondering if we could arrange a quick meeting again to discuss any of the feedback you may have had so far.

Could we pencil something in?

Hope to hear from you soon

.....

Bit more background as well, this person is the GM of a relatively large company so is likely a busy fellow so the fact hes not answering my calls isnt alarming me at this stage.

Has anyone been in a similar situation where getting limited feedback but dont want to kill it off?

Appreciate any advice people have.

👑 Sales Strategy

🥫 Consumer Goods

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poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

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The language, in my opinion, is too soft. You've made it incredibly easy for them to say 'no'.

Make a clear ask and keep it brief.

sketchysales

Politicker

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Sales Manager

yes this is what i need to hear. thanks.

change it to something like, "can we meet up again to discuss the feedback so far etc. etc." do you think?

appreciate your help.

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

5

☕️

Still giving them an easy out.

"When can we set up a time together so I can collect your feedback and discuss what the next steps might look like?"

sketchysales

Politicker

1

Sales Manager

yes this is much better than what i have, hard to write off any further conversation with that message. I guess my challenge is i am only in his city a limited amount of time each month but perhaps i could start with that and swing it around to when i am there.

CaneWolf

Politicker

1

Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract

Any events, virtual or physical you can invite them to as participants?

sketchysales

Politicker

2

Sales Manager

Good shout... there could be.

LordBusiness

Politicker

1

Chief Revenue Officer

What’s in it for them? In your email I see a lot of “I am” and “I want” if I’m this DM, whats in it for ME?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

1

🦊

Bullet points with a call to action. Clear, concise, next steps.

Blackwargreymon

Politicker

1

MDR

Any events, virtual or physical you can invite them to as participants?

Clashingsoulsspell

Politicker

1

ISR

What’s in it for them?

RZA

Good Citizen

0

Strategic Account Director

What value do you bring to this client or how do you plan to solution them?
“I am in XX at the end of this month and want to revisit how we can support you with XX. Can we sit down for an hour to discuss? Let me know what day works best and I will send over the placeholder.”

JC10X

Politicker

0

Senior Sales Manager

Ongoing discussion is too general, remember to use "loss" and progress to make the communication relevant as him giving you feedback also seems like a one way street, what's in it for him?

Pachacuti

Politicker

0

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Get to the point faster:
Hi ___
I'm going to be visiting with a neighbor of yours on <date>. Can we meet up on <2 different dates>. (don't use a question mark).
Regards, <You>

MR.StretchISR

Politicker

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ISR

The language, in my opinion, is too soft. You've made it incredibly easy for them to say 'no'.

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