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Contest:  What’s the best "worst" sales email you have ever received?

Jody Mooney Novice
Jody Mooney Feb 15, 2012 7:31 AM
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Let's have some fun and share a little! 

 

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Tell us - what’s worst sales email you’ve ever received?

  • The email that misspells your name and offers a solution completely unrelated to your business. 
  • The email with a “first time user!” offer from a vendor you just fired. 
  • The incomprehensible email filled with typos.
  • The email in…gulp…purple Comic Sans.

 

We’ve all been on the receiving end of a poorly timed, poorly crafted and/or mistargeted sales email.

And we’ve all shuddered as we thought, “Glad that didn’t come from my sales team!”

 

Now you can share your “best” your story with the world.

 

The rules:

  • Hit “Reply” on this post to enter your “Best Worst Sales Email” story. You can paraphrase if you don’t have the email anymore; or upload an image of the email if you still have it (click on the camera button to post your image)
  • Protect the innocent... please remove or blur sender specifics (sender, sender’s company name).
  • In your reply, tell us how you would have done it better.
  • Enter your story by March 31, 2012. Limit three entries per person.
  • The Eloqua marketing team will select the best of the worst, and that story will be posted on our Web site. Winner will receive recognition on Topliners.

 

So, what are you waiting for?   Hit reply!

 

 

Looking for an antidote?  We can help.  Eloqua Engage is a fast and effective email tool that lets sales professionals customize, send and track pre-built email templates from the iPad, CRM, or web.

 

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  • Re: Contest:  What’s the best "worst" sales email you have ever received?
    Mark Halliday Apprentice
    Mark Halliday Feb 22, 2012 2:03 PM (in response to Jody Mooney)
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    Here's a recent bad sales email received this week that I resurrected from the recycle bin just to use as an example here - it rambles on and on, talking about the company, not about my needs. Did not pique my interest.

     

    Hi,

    Greetings!

    Hope you are doing well

    We are a xxx, India based leading web Services Company that specializes in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). As a outsourcing vendor we have partnered with many reputed SEO agencies based in USA, UK, Canada and Australia.

     

    We have a dedicated team of 270 professionals who are backed by experience and expertise. We provide both SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SEM solutions to achieve top rankings on major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing for your website and requirements.

    We can work on on-page factors, off-page factors and site wide factors of your website. Further, our team always adopts ethical SEO processes or White Hat techniques to bring you excellent results. We also follow the guidelines of Google and major search engines for the best SEO results.

    Our principles on which we base our work:

    •Ethical processes and white hat techniques
    •Agency or client oriented approach in our process
    •Ready to sign NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreement)
    •White label for client re-selling and re-branding
    •Facility to provide effective Online Project Management tracking tools
    •Frequent reporting with required formats and information
    •Timely and smooth communication

    We can ensure that you will enjoy high SERP (Search engine Result Page) rankings with our high track record of success. Our SEO solutions will help increase the traffic and sales of your website.

    We are look forward to starting a long and healthy business relationship with you. Please get in touch with us to discuss your SEO requirement.

    Kind Regards,

    xxx,

    (Marketing Development Manager)

    xxxx, (India)

     

    P.S. This is an advertisement and a promotional mail strictly on the guidelines of CAN-SPAM act of 2003. We have clearly mentioned the source mail-id of this mail, also clearly mentioned the subject lines and they are in no way misleading in any form. We have found your mail address through our own efforts on the web search and not through any illegal way. If you find this mail unsolicited, please reply with "Remove" in the subject line and we will take care that you do not receive any further promotional mail.

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