What Prospects Said Back

Coffee? Now you've caught my attention 😂 Let me know what dates your in the area, and I'll check my diary

Apologies I'm tied up this morning at work and tomorrow afternoon at a client meeting can we do next week please.

Nice to meet you. Let me know when you're in [town]. I'd be happy to sit down for a coffee

Both companies are considerably larger than ours! I don't want to waste our time but happy to take a call - please let me have some slots for next week..

Definitely. Let me know what your schedule looks like.

Thank you for your email. When are you around? I could meet up for a coffee 😊

Sure, I'll have some time next week. Want to propose a day and time?

That sounds exciting. Could you please suggest two times for the end of October?

Yes, absolutely, just drop in if you're passing by. It would be great to catch up.

Let's have a chat about this just so you are aware cost is going to be the main issue to be perfectly honest.

A call first please

Sorry it has been a bit manic here recently. If you can let me know your availability, I will let you know what I can manage.

This sounds interesting. I'd be happy to chat on Monday say, 1:30pm? I also have a proposal for collaboration - if the meeting goes well on Monday.

Hope you are well. Happy to catch up, let me know some dates and happy to get something in the diary.

Your email landed in spam. Does tomorrow work for you?

Of course, always open to fresh ideas. Happy to jump on a call.

I am currently on a business trip until the first week of November. Please send me a presentation, if you have, for me to review and let's set up a call once I am back in office.

Kind of up against it right now. Happy to catch up on zoom though any time you have a window?

This week is not ideal, can you do the back end of next week?

Thanks for your note. I'm doing quite a lot of travel myself but happy to meet for a coffee if able. I've copied in [name] to see if we can make a time work.

Those dates won't work. I'm fully booked next week. But early November could work at some point.

Sure would be interested to see. We had very little success with this approach in the past to be honest. - perhaps I can meet in November but my diary is a bit crazy this time of the year.

Tomorrow is no good, I can do over the next two hrs if you are able

Sure, let's hop on a call this week and discuss more. How is your week looking?

I'm only reading this now, and my diary isn't easy to free up at the last minute either. Could you look at planning a short Teams call in the second week of November?

Thanks for the nudge, happy to meet up, Let me know when works best for you?

Absolutely! It would be lovely to meet you properly. Let me know when you're going to be in [town] and we'll get something in the diary. 😊

Sure. Wednesday 3:30 is fine. UK or European time?

No problem. Tomorrow at 1.30 works well - speak to you then 👍

I could do twenty minutes or so at 1130 tomorrow. Please send over the invitation.

I can Friday at 1115 if that works?

Yes, that day and time works.

Sounds good, I have the link. Catch you on Wednesday.

I could do Friday at 11:05. I only have 25 minutes though. If that works, we can go through it then.

Thanks for reaching out again. Wednesday [date] at 1 pm sounds great. Let's talk!

Friday at 2.30 might work, book it in and I'll see if I can move things around

Tuesday at 10 works for me. Do you want to send me a Teams invite? 👍

Wednesday works for me

I'd be happy to have a chat. But before we'd do business I'd always want to speak to 3 companies first to judge whether this is valuable. If that's OK, we can plan a call on [date] at 16:00.

Yes, I have blocked the time. Please send me the link to join.

Friday at 3pm works well - feel free to send over an invite!

Thursday could. I have a meeting right before it but should be free by 1

Either works well for me thank you. Have a lovely day.

Do you approach these companies cold? Or do you have relationships

why should i jump on the meeting?

We've tried solutions like this from sales agencies a few times, but always with moderate to no success at all. What's different about you compared to [other agencies]?

Thanks for your message. Can you be a bit more specific? Which trade show or event do you see this sponsor for, and which company is it?

Thanks for your invite. Can you already tell me something about the content, about the speakers?

Thanks for reaching out! If you have a potential dream client in mind for us, wouldn't it make more sense to introduce us to them directly? 😊 A warm introduction is always more valuable than just a name.

Which specific event or publication do you mean? An introduction is of course always welcome.

Hope all is well. Thats interesting and I'm relatively local, but what is it exactly you would like to speak about?

What an unusual invitation policy :-). Why would it be useful for me to attend? What can I learn there? I'd like to hear,

Yep, that was quick. And correct. How does your billing work? Commission-based?

Thanks for the note. Perhaps worth checking what you're hoping to get out of meeting up?

Thanks for your message. I'm not able to attend myself. May I ask whether our UX/UI designer can come in my place?

Not sure if we would have budget do you have costs at all?

Nice of you to invite me! Do you happen to have a programme? Then I can check whether it fits in my diary. Thanks!

Thanks for the message. How lovely! Is the event in English or Dutch?

Thanks for reaching out and being LinkedIn with me, can you tell me how you help companies to stop losing inbound leads/ sales?

Do these people know you?

It's one of the funny things today. So welcome - I give you a shot. What would you think is our best next Client?

How much will cost me one booking (potential client)

If I say yes, send the name what are you expecting in return?

Nice of you to think of me, thanks! Which communication channels are in scope at this event?

Many thanks for your message. Who, in your opinion, would be my "next dream client"?

Sure, but more importantly than their name would be to know why you think they would be our dream client and why we would be the right partner for them. Happy to hear your thoughts.

What date(s) specifically? Is there something specific you'd like to meet about?

International corporations, where we get through the procurement department quickly, get listed and so get orders regularly. Do you have ideas and references for how to pull that off? So not lead gen, because the leads have no say, they only execute.

Thanks for your message. Who is [name]? And nice that you have a dream client for us, but what's the catch :) Let's talk!

How are you? Thanks for connecting. Was there a particular reason for reaching out? Always happy to discuss any upcoming projects or work. Hope you're having a great week.

I'm not based in London, what would you like to discuss? :)

This is exactly what we do. So how is this different?

Sure what is it?

Which company would it be?

Is this a retainer based?

What do you want to talk about? I don't want to waste your valuable time

Thanks. And do you have particular insight into their business? Their current creative set up/agency partnership/relationship status?

It's enough for me if you briefly set out the costs and the guaranteed results side by side here. A call costs us both too much time.

Thank you. Can you tell me how I take advantage of your platform? Benefits?

What's in it for me 😊

Feel free to send your observations here, especially anything about how clearly my operations and guest experience work comes across. I appreciate a specific outside perspective.

Interesting, worth a conversation.

I'm actually looking for a large commercial company that wants to do something for society and is willing to free up budget for it. As a complement to the (low-budget) non-profits we already work for.

Thanks for your message. More than happy for you to send over some initial thoughts, thank you.

If you're rates are reasonable then I would be open to a discussion.

Always open to listening...

Well, I'm curious what you'll come up with.

Yes, Let me know, – and how we get them.

If you have a real opportunity, we can share revenue. Send it over.

No, please do. Always keen to learn.

I would love that!

By all means, please do send over the name!

Sure. Send it on over, show me what you got 😉

Of course. As long as it isn't lead generation :)

Sure, send it over:)

Nice that someone thought of me.

You can contact me. How can I help?

Happy to have a read, thanks. Interesting times at the moment!

Happy for you to send some bits over. We may have an opportunity to look at something in the new year as we're in contract at the moment

All your emails landed in my spam folder. You're lucky I just happened to look in there again. Feel free to send me your concept.

Thanks and good to hear from you. Yes that would be great to see the deck.

Yes, lets have a look, sounds interesting.

That would be amazing yes please!

We only pay post revenue, if such an engagement model works for you…happy to talk, thanks

Always open to ideas… might work for some of my other clients!

Nice approach!! Tell me!!

That would be great - thank you

That's always fine! Curious to hear it

Thank you for getting in touch, I think for us, having larger corporate bookings (over 100 people) would be a significant benefit to us, especially if they have smaller scale conferences as this is an aspect we'd like to grow. I hope this help.

Wow that's one way to start a conversation. I am intrigued. Do tell me ?

Feel free to share. What's the catch?

Ok, let's hear it

If it doesn't cost me anything, then by all means, I'd be happy to have a look

For us it would be festival and live event organisers looking to further their F&B operation or looking to work with a different supplier

Feel free to send me by email what you'd like to offer us.

Thanks for following up, it's great to hear from you. My LinkedIn inbox is quite hectic, so I appreciate the reminder. I have limited availability for calls, so it would be useful to receive a short overview of what you've discovered.

Can you ping me some info over please, if interested we can arrange a call.

Sure, please send them across. I'd be happy to have a look. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing this additional insight. Culture and consistency are definitely important as a business grows, so it's an interesting point to highlight. Please feel free to send over your notes from the day, and I'll have a look through them.

Hey, can you send any sort of teaser or pres, I'll forward it to my team

If you want to send some bits over I can review it and see if any one of our Team could attend. Many thanks

As mentioned in your first email, you've already given it some thought and wanted to send an assessment. Pass it on to me, then we can talk.

Thank you very much for reaching out. I'd greatly appreciate if you could kindly share slides from the other sessions that I was unable to join. Thank you.

yes please that'd be really useful to have a look through 👍

Do you have a bit more info? Thanks!

Thanks for reaching out. Yes, please feel free to send them over. I'd be happy to take a look at what you and [name] put together.

That's always fine, then I can share it internally with our marketing department.

Just send over the presentation. Afterwhich I decide if we take a call

Send it over and let me know what costs are involved - thank you!

As CEO of a small charity, my role has many facets, and I often sign up for webinars only to find I'm needed to cover elsewhere. If you could send the slides, that would be great.

Sure, send them over.

Thanks for thinking of me. You have my interest! Can you send me the programme?

Yes it does ring a bell. I'm sorry I was unable to attend. I'm unable to see the slides but I'd be very interested in seeing them

Yes it is my team. Feel free to send any information to me and ill pass it on

Yes the slides would be really helpful if you're happy to send them. Thanks for your help

Do send me some info

I'm not quite sure what you do, so I'd need to know a bit more if I'm to prioritize a meeting.

Fire away. Don't ask for a call though.

Send them over but I have a team that deals with the website

Thanks for your message! Yes, feel free to share the programme. Unfortunately [date] doesn't work for me personally, but it might suit our Head of Growth, depending on the programme.

Thanks for reaching out. Could you please send over a demo video? We are currently exploring options for another project.

I'd love to see the programme 😊 thank you!

I'd love to come. Thanks for the invitation! What time does it start?

Thank you for the invitation, I think I can join! It sounds interesting based on your teaser, but sharing the programme would be great. It would help me better explain to the CTO what it is about since it falls during working hours.

Thanks for the invite. I'd love to join!

Yes, that sounds like a great opportunity! Please keep me a spot.

Looks like a fun event; put me on the list. I might join a bit later, as I have a strategy session in the morning.

Sorry for the radio silence. Yes, please — if you still have space for me, I'd be very happy to take part.

Yes, I would be interested.

How nice that you thought of me. Put me on the list. I'll come and have a look! ;) Shall we grab a coffee too?

Thanks for your email. Lovely, I'd be happy to come!

Thanks – I can't make the date work sorry due to meetings. Boring I know! Could I extend the invitation so someone else in our leadership team? Ie Head of Special Projects?

Sounds really nice :) But I have something else on that date myself. I do have someone in my team who is responsible for this and who could go.

The results have to come first, then the monthly fee.

Thanks for your email. Could you briefly tell me what this is about? Then I'll first check whether I'm the right person for you. Thanks in advance.

Sorry for not responding earlier - it's been a crazy couple of weeks at [company]. It's very unclear what you are offering so I'm not sure who to direct you to….. Can you give me some more detail please?

Your profile pic is just fine, don't worry! 😊 Happy to have you in my LinkedIn network. I'm not looking for any help with sales at the moment, though. Thanks, and have a great weekend!

Thanks for connecting and the message. At the moment, we aren't hiring , but circle back in Q1 :)

Thanks - for now it's not opportune because of a different focus. We're definitely working on AI, so perhaps next time.

Thanks for the invitation - unfortunately I won't be able to attend

We're trying to focus on even just grow in the USA. Adding other geographic regions entirely would not be wise with no warm leads. Probably not a great time to send them.

Thank you for the update, it may be of interest but we are very short on time and our budget is maxed out this year. Maybe one for next year should you wish to contact us in future.

We're OK for now thanks, if we decide we need any assistance I will let you know.

Thankyou for your email. Unfortunately, we are not looking to add anything further at this time.

Thanks for the connect and thanks for reaching out. We don't work with outsource teams right now but I'll be in touch should anything change

Not just at the moment, but I will reach out if I'm looking for people

Sorry, I should have replied earlier - snowed under I'm afraid. This is not relevant for me right now but if it becomes relevant I will let you know.

Sorry, but persistence doesn't win this time ;-) I appreciate the effort, but I'm too busy this period to go. But thanks for thinking of me!

Thanks for the invitation. Nice programme. We're busy with our repositioning right now, and these topics will come up in it. So they're on our planning.

Hello// we are getting into silly seasonal activity and now is not the right time for us but thanks for reaching out!

Thanks for the contact. I'm the right person to speak with but it's not something we are interested in pursuing at the moment. If that changes I will be in touch.

Apologies for late response. We are working on our new website, I will make contact when it's up and running

Thank you for reaching out. I don't currently have any recruitment needs for these types of roles, but I'd be happy to stay in touch for future opportunities.

Thanks for reaching out. We don't have a need for support with our hiring right now, but I appreciate you checking in.

I'm afraid I'm snowed under with training and a number of other projects so my time is limited. I'm happy to look through and come back if I have questions.

Thank you, however we don't have any tech vacancies.

Unfortunately it's a very busy period at work and I won't manage to get away any time soon, but it does sound really interesting

I don't know if it's directly relevant right now, but you can always share more information with me

Unfortunately neither date works for me because of other appointments. You're always welcome to send me information afterwards.

You may, but I don't think it's something for us.

Thanks for your message and the invitation! If you'd like to send the agenda, please do. I doubt whether the event adds value for me right now. So you might be better off giving that spot on the list to someone else ;-)

We are not hiring at the moment I think. Also I'm not reponsible for recruitments , so you better contact for example our CTO.

Yes, for this you'd indeed be better off contacting someone in HR. For my team it isn't relevant right now, but HR can probably help you further.

I've sent this on to our General Manager to see if it's of interest. I will be in touch if he would like a meeting.

Thanks for your message, I've passed it on internally to the right department and will let you know if there's interest!

That's a different team, I work on affiliation and partners

For the UK, they are managed by my colleague.

I'll pass it on to our CRM manager.