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This is tangential, but the word you want here is "responsive". "Respondent" is a noun, and an uncommon one at that. It means, "a person who responds", similar to how "dependent" means "a person who depends".
Interesting; I ran essentially the exact same experiment a while back (June to August 2012) and had a different conclusion! -- 68 incoming consulting leads -- group A: responded to 34 with "let me know how I can help" -- group B: responded to 34 with "would work to discuss this further?" -- group A: 20/34 (59%) responded, 14/20 (70%) led to contract negotiation stage -- group B: 6/34 (18%) responded, 5/6 (83%) led to…
I am just impressed by 68 people mailing you saying "can you quote". How ? Edit: Well, it seems that 100K on stackoverflow, a robust background across a wide variety of languages and domains and a nice smile seems how. edit edit: that seems sarcastic or otherwise trying to diminish the effort and discipline and passion needed to develop and maintain an online persona that will be attractive to clients. I do not mean…
1. "I don't like how this is coded."
2. "[#1]… because it can result in X happening under circumstance Y."
3. "[#2]… Alternatively, structure the code as A or B."
4. "[#3]… Here are code snippets implementing the change."
Almost no action will occur as a result of #1. However, #4 leaves no excuse but hubris on the part of the reviewee not to accept the modifications (obviously assuming they correct the issue and do not introduce new problems!).
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To illustrate, "If you read this far, you should follow my RSS feed here." :)
Yes, that is another application of word power tools... although if I wanted to make it even more arm-twisting I would say "Because you read this far, you should follow..." "Because" is another well-known power word.
Schools seem to teach blind obedience and rule following that I imagine would lead to this sort of response in adults.
>"Want to try out this technique on more prospects? [...]
He needs to be more positive and active in his language and provide an action for us to follow, no? "Try out this technique with your prospects." ?
[1]http://ilovemarketing.com/episode-005-the-one-about-converti...
Good writing. When we say "Let me know how I can help", we are asking the other person to do work because then they have to think about what/how they need help with. Most of the times, people are lazy and you might be surprised but the fact is that they don't want to do work even for their own requirements. Instead, They want to hear solutions. This even applies to environments at very big companies. At my current cl…
>people are lazy and you might be surprised but the fact is that they don't want to do work even for their own requirements. And they will pay to avoid even the easiest chore. We got tired of not getting any response from people using our free trial and briefly required them to call us to activate their free trial. People started paying for the first month rather than make a phone call and some that paid never even u…
Of course, and they shouldn't want to. They ought to be focused on providing business value to their clients. And hiring a consultant is a step taken when they're over their heads and need a hand.
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Another interpretation: -- group A: 14/34 (41%) led to contract negotiation stage -- group B: 5/34 (15%) led to contract negotiation stage
Yes exactly. Its the distance down the road to forking over cash you care about - group A (the specific email line) led to a better outcome for the GP - more interested clients.
Cf. "Why "Nigerian Scammers" Say They're From Nigeria", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4136016