Sales Rep Doesn’t Want To Step On Any Toes
Midwest Director of Sales Marty Shiftbody of AdNausea didn’t mean to step on anybody’s toes by contacting the client directly, according to a voice message left with Junior Media Planner Jody McAckerby late Tuesday morning. Shiftbody left the voicemail 37 seconds after the client responded to his meeting request via email – copying McAckerby – and approximately 32 minutes after first reaching out to McAckerby via email, according to server logs at the Chicago office of the Phelps Agency. ”Is this guy serious?” asked McAckerby. ”He emails me a half hour ago while I’m in a meeting, and he’s already complaining to the client that our agency is ‘unresponsive’ and doing them a ‘disservice by not accepting his meeting requests?’ Uh, news flash, dude. Your passive aggressive sales schtick is right there in the forwarded email. Now it’s my turn. Delete.”
Tags: annoying sales tactics, media planning, meeting requests, online advertising