Can you follow up too many times?
February 3rd, 2009 by KenricI wrote about this before about almost two years ago. Sometimes following up too many times just blows it. So on my latest elance job bid check out this one development company. Each email was exactly the same so I won’t copy them all. Check out the dates of the emails!
Hello,
I am following up on the Bid we made. Please advise if we can provide you with any more information to facilitate your decision in choosing us as your provider.
We are a seven year old company with extensive experience in website redesigning, converting PSD files to functional web pages, HTML/CSS and PHP. I have also reviewed your detailed requirements and am confident that I can provide you the requested within the required time frame.
If you have any questions or concerns pertaining to the project or our expertise, please feel free to contact me.
Additionally, you can view our detailed portfolio is available at http://studioxcess.com/ourwork.html
Thanks,
Asim
Skype: studioxcess
MSN: studioxcess@hotmail.com
Google talk: studioxcess@gmail.com
Tel : 1800-784-7716
Web: www.studioxcess.comPosted by Studioxcess
Posted: 06:33 pm ET 28/Jan/2009
He proceeded to send the exact same follow up email daily. Ok, he didn’t send one on Feb. 1st.
Posted by Studioxcess
Posted: 10:08 am ET 29/Jan/2009Posted by Studioxcess
Posted: 10:12 am ET 30/Jan/2009Posted by Studioxcess
Posted: 02:56 pm ET 02/Feb/2009Posted by Studioxcess
Posted: 04:22 pm ET 03/Feb/2009
So I finally replied to him today with:
Seriously?????
Posted by kenric
Posted: 12:08 am ET 04/Feb/2009
The sad thing is that before I read my emails I had put a note on his company as a “maybe” meaning that he made it past the first wave of developer screening that I did.
Posted in General | 3 Comments »
Stumble it!
I had the same with a company, they changed the words a bit and even after the bids were closed (did not select anyone) i still got PM’s. This was on Guru.com however. Follow up once, chances are if you did not hear anything you were not selected.
By Chris Waldron on Feb 4, 2009
Did you note the company as “No” now instead of “maybe”? :)
By Clifford on Feb 4, 2009
No, the company went from a “maybe” to a Declined Bid. And I also put the reason for declining as “Too many emails”
By Kenric on Feb 5, 2009