May 27, 2009
I received a voicemail from Diana, asking me to call producer Linda Gibbs at 754-367-1007. Linda couldn't say where she found out about me, ("our research team is a machine") or why she thought I would be a fit for her programing (she read me the bio from my web site as an answer).
She used an excellent sales script: engaged me, asked how I would use the product, complimented my choice.
Then, she went for the close in 3 parts: the money part being $22,900, and asked who would make a decision about that. I replied that I would want my CPA and my attorney to advise me, and she asked for a conference call with them TOMORROW.
I said I didn't anything about her, or the company, I was in the car, could she email me something. Twice she offered to FedEx a package that would arrive tomorrow, contingent on my agreeing to the conference call. When I asked a third time for email links to people who were my peers, she listed clients "like Donald Trump and Eric Clampton."
I replied that I was not a peer of either, did she have someone who was like me I could talk to, and she said she was "going to move in another direction."
There was nothing about this call that felt good.
In fact, it felt bad enough that I was willing to invest
more time, here, telling the story.
I might post this on a few other groups on LinkedIN and Facebook too.
But I'm most interested in hearing if I was wrong.
It's confusing that she absolutely would not sent me email--preferred FedEx to email. If she is legitimate, I've done her a disservice.
The website I found is: http://www.businesstrendstv.com/index.htm