Recently, I received this …
There’s all manner of reasons why this was a surprise to me.
First is the fact that they think my recommendation would do anything positive for their business.
Especially when the reality is it likely would do the opposite.
Then there’s the fact that in the email, they open the door to the possibility I had a bad experience with them. While I accept their attempt to ‘make it good’ is smart, it also means they didn’t specifically choose me as a client of repute, it means they’ve blanket emailed everyone and anyone they can think of.
Which leads to the last – and main – reason receiving this email was a surprise to me.
And that’s the fact I’ve never heard of this company.
More than that, I’ve never rented a teleprompter in my life.
Anyone who has ever seen me present – ie: ramble like a madman – would know this first hand, which means the reason I got this email is because I appear on some weird business database they bought.
So while I would like to help a small business, if they’re looking for shortcuts to success, then they need to know this sort of approach tends to make people enemies rather than friends.
Sorry Teleprompter Rental, maybe you need to change your own script.