Polite rejection letter from polite person. Bigass bank.

The pitch happened before I arrived. Little to no follow up from the previous inhabitant. This just showed.


"Thank you for reaching out again. After internal discussions, we came to a conclusion that we would prioritize pursuing efficiency of our procedure, instead of pursuing xxxx cutting edge technology for credit analysis.

From this aspect, weโ€™re discussing with a vendor who is more like conventional credit analysis service provider and has established system and companiesโ€™ financial information.

Thank you for your support. The discussions with your team gave us an opportunity to know our real internal demand and brush up IT strategy.

I hope you and your team are going well."


I asked CEO if they'd object to my chiming in. Go for it, he said.


Please forgive the unsolicited appearance from me in this thread, but when I see an opportunity to solve in a cost-efficient way, I simply canโ€™t help but pose the solution. I was not a part of your previous discussions with the xxxxx team, so excuse me if Iโ€™m missing nuance, but here it is. Youโ€™ve articulated two issues, one process related and one that is conventional in nature. Letโ€™s call them 2 birds.

xMyCompanyxx represents one stone.

There is no efficiency in multiple vendors addressing tandem operational issues with different technologies. There is even less efficiency in addressing a conventional process with a legacy system, then having to reinvest to transform digitally in a sustainable way. Would you kindly allow us to reopen dialogue and to propose a solution that addresses both concerns simultaneously? The efficiencies from where we sit are substantial.

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cw95
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Sales Development Lead
Formality. Sometimes being straight to the point is better than saying fancy sentences such as 'Please forgive the unsolicited...'

Speak to them as though you'd be wanted to be spoke to. Doesn't matter if it is a CIO/CTO etc. Only human.
oldcloser
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Respect the opinion, but culture (theirs) dictated the tact. US recipient. Yeah.
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
I'm American and I don't talk like this...
oldcloser
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If you were Japanese you might. See what I'm sayin'?
sketchysales
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Sales Manager
You get it. Previous role i sold into roughly 7 countries and every single one had a different culture, you got to learn how to adapt. Take a direct approach in the wrong situation? Door closed.
oldcloser
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This!

Local knowledge and a little bit of room reading are most helpful. Yesssssssir.

Random, but very loosely related analogy: Sit down for dinner in a Russian household without having washed your hands. You don't get fed. You get shunned.
sketchysales
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Sales Manager
To be honest just comes back to simple old emotional intelligence, a commodity that is lacking and rare in todays society.

Taking my way or the highway approach in sales only works if you are in real estate or a bullshitter sales consultant.
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
I lived in Japan for several years.

The deal is lost, move on
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
This is a Japanese way of saying "we're not interested but too polite to say no. please leave us alone"
oldcloser
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Time waste, no doubt... but one can dream
CuriousFox
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detectivegibbles
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Love the response. Keep us posted!
HVACexpert
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Worth a shot. Hopefully the last ditch effort helps turn them back. Good luck!
oldcloser
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3-pointer at the buzzer from half court with a medicine ball and a blindfold. Ya never know ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
HVACexpert
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Still better odds than not taking the shot at all.
oldcloser
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Yep yep yep
Maximas
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Much Respect to the response.
oldcloser
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I thank you.
Maximas
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Senior Sales Executive
you're welcome.
Justatitle
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Account Executive
Hope you don't just spin the wheels and make them see the light
Sunbunny31
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Definitely worth a try. Very interested in if you get a response.
oldcloser
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The crickets are real.
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