Angry Owners

February 23, 2018
by a searcher from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School in Philadelphia, PA, USA
I got a response today from some cold emailing that I was surprised by. It was just one follow up email The owner responded: "Not interested, never will be. Please stop e mailing. Your persistence is not appreciated."
This got me wondering what other kinds of responses people are getting, again this was just 1 follow up. Other owners have been positive, and those not interested have been courteous. Curious how often you all are getting negative responses, and by negative I mean more than just "not interested".
from Harvard University in Chicago, IL, USA
from University of Canberra in Perth WA 6000, Australia
Incorporating a mechanism or device within the mail-out that is unique and differentiates you also helps. I cannot remember the device/tool used by the searchers who talked about it but they did say that they were remembered by their targets as "those guys that sent me ..." when you make the subsequent phone call.
I have often sent out tea/coffee vouchers or satchels with some packaged biscuits to invite my target market (mainly clients I'd like to complete a survey on something) to "take a break, spend 10 minutes over a coffee" to help out on a survey etc.