I love this advice. I remember when I was in sales, they said it took an average of 8 messages to get a response (and most people stop at 1). What surprised me over my career was how many people responded positively, "oh thanks for reminding me, this got buried." The positive (and silence) outweighed the negative by a ton. This exercise of the 24 hours follow up is one I may have to try!
Thank you so much, Michelle! You are spot on! If you put yourself in the same shoes, you're mostly not ignoring people on purpose, but there's just too much going on, so we're often grateful when someone reminds us of what's outstanding.
This is great! Something I really need to work on. Thanks!
Thank you Chris! Let me know if you're able to implement any of the strategies and what they do for you :)
I love this advice. I remember when I was in sales, they said it took an average of 8 messages to get a response (and most people stop at 1). What surprised me over my career was how many people responded positively, "oh thanks for reminding me, this got buried." The positive (and silence) outweighed the negative by a ton. This exercise of the 24 hours follow up is one I may have to try!
Thank you so much, Michelle! You are spot on! If you put yourself in the same shoes, you're mostly not ignoring people on purpose, but there's just too much going on, so we're often grateful when someone reminds us of what's outstanding.