I can’t help but think I’m not alone on this one. It's called common courtesy and more important, good business. What am I referring to? Being ignored. Here we refer to it as bad TCB (taking care of business). When I text a lady and I don't get a response, it's frustrating. Okay, maybe you get the same stupid question over and over again, and maybe it is aggravating or you feel a waste of time to keep responding to endless requests. Guess what? It's called doing business. You are selling and your potential customers have questions, regardless how ridiculous you may think the question to be, and probably is at times. I'm sure someone is going to pop up with the excuse along the line of, "I don't have time to respond to every silly question." My response to that is, "Then get out of the business." Because bottom line, if I send you a text and you ignore me … … and not in a good way.
This week I have contacted about 4 ladies and have yet to get a reply. Or I get one reply and respond with an additional question and … silence. I would venture to say that most of the time your response will simply be a "yes" or "no". How much time does that really take? Plus you have to understand, I can't send you a text and ask three or four questions because not one time in all my years of hobbying had I had a provider that is on top of her game enough to answer all of my questions in one text or email, so I have to ask them one at a time or they don't get answered. It goes like this:
ME (after a quick introduction): Can you share your rates please? As well, can you share your menu? Also what times are you available?
PROVIDER: [shares rates only]
ME: Thank you, can you share your menu and available times as well?
PROVIDER: [shares menu]
ME: And what times are you available?
PROVIDER: either silence or a reply with availability
What could have been done in one text or email has now taken 30 minutes of time. Are you ladies really that dense?