Hey everyone, I'm in a kind of interesting bind. I'm trying to recruit retail businesses for a service I'm offering, but a few of my potential clients are so small that their websites and a lot of googling have only turned up commercial numbers for sales inquiries. In the opinion of this forum, given that, is it better to:
1. Call the sales line and try to speak to someone who can purchase my service on behalf of the company. The greatest danger I see here is that I am pretty damn positive that this service is a slam dunk win/win, that will make the business many many many times what they have to pay me, but I don't want to muddy the waters by tying up one or more sales people while they try and figure out who to transfer me to.
2. Send a well written email and encourage and ask for a number to follow up. I know that phone is the way to conduct real business, but in this case, I've come to the end of the line. I've already purchased items from these companies before of significant cost, so I sort of have a basis for rapport.
Anyone have any suggestions?
1. Call the sales line and try to speak to someone who can purchase my service on behalf of the company. The greatest danger I see here is that I am pretty damn positive that this service is a slam dunk win/win, that will make the business many many many times what they have to pay me, but I don't want to muddy the waters by tying up one or more sales people while they try and figure out who to transfer me to.
2. Send a well written email and encourage and ask for a number to follow up. I know that phone is the way to conduct real business, but in this case, I've come to the end of the line. I've already purchased items from these companies before of significant cost, so I sort of have a basis for rapport.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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