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2009.06.19 09:27:34
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Melanie
I’ve just has a sales call from an web optimisation company, it was like the Russian roulette scene from the deer hunter, the first guy spoke so quickly I thought I may have had a stroke and was listening at a different speed. When I repeated the word ‘back link’ the Vietcong interrogation started, ‘back link, back link you know what a link is don’t you? Do you actually own this web site? ‘
 
 

After they had identified my need (for a brain according to them) I got passed to a second Maoist guard who started by telling me I was interested in left hand listings, wasn’t I? He spoke more slowly but then started pop quizzing me on what he’d said, ‘So do you want links from the BBC’? Er.. yes, wrong answer. Did I want to continue with Google whilst they were all laughing at me, er..
 
In the end I said I had a consumer site in development that may be a better match but he could only put me on the waiting list for that, could I call him back about the current site in a month once it’s gone live? I’d be on the waiting list by then. Could he email his contact details to me? Well I haven’t got those either so I guess I’m on the waiting list for that too.

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2009.06.19 10:37:34
There's nothing like insulting a client to close a deal

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