It seems that as the economy has turned south the number of unsolicited sales calls I receive has gone up. Many of these calls hit our customer service team first so to help everyone save time I have implemented the following process.  My advice to any marketing profession is to do the same thing as it fits their style.

Don’t worry your not going to miss the magic marketing bullet and if you really need information or services your network and industry contacts should serve you well.

My new script for customer service:

Josef does not accept sales calls or unsolicited emails. If you would like to send us information about your services you can do so via mail. If you leave Josef a sales message he is not going to return the call or email. Sorry to be so forward but we do not have the resources to evaluate and talk with every company that wants to sell us services.

The best way to reach Josef is via his wide spread professional business network.

That is it.  Simple to the point. What do you think?

In today’s economy every marketing professional should focus on getting marketing projects done and generating business results.  Don’t worry about the sales people they will find other people to call.

OK sales folks let me hear your side.