Sales Call Returned After Seven Years
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Western Regional Sales Director Steven Jennings received a written response Tuesday morning to an email and two voicemails left with then junior media planner Ryan Sexton in March of 2003, according to server logs at Clickety Click Networks. The response, sent seven years after the original correspondence began, denied Jennings’ request for a meeting to discuss Sexton’s client’s goals and objectives, but thanked him for reaching out. Still, Jennings remains optimistic. ”Oh this is definitely a foot in the door,” said Jennings. ”Media planners never return calls, and when they do, it’s usually a canned response, clearly demonstrating they didn’t even read your email. It may have taken him seven years, but Ryan actually took the time to tell me he was too busy to meet. If that’s not a hot lead, I don’t know what is. I’m gonna have to drop by his office with a Starbucks card or something.”