If I email you a business proposal, and you dont respond ...?

Question

.. should i:

a) interpret that as a sign that you are not interested?
b) be persistent and send a follow-up email to get a respose from you?
c) call you to see whether or not you received my email or to see if you are interested or not?
d) any other suggestions ...

Everonline, did you mean a 419 scam lolol? bless your cotton socks!

To all who answered, i am not talking about emailing an ordinary person on their personal email, I am talking about a business to business email.

Answer 1

Very rare is the the business proposal so wonderful that recipients respond 'Yippee'. Assuming that the proposal was requested, the accompanying note should have stated that you will follow up the mail with a telephone call on a certain date, in order to discuss the proposal, and take "matters to the next stage". i.e get an answer 'Yes', 'No' or tell me more..
Since you did not write that note you are still at liberty to phone the contact to 'get his or her opinion'. Good luck! remember that if you are winning 1 in 3 of your proposals you are doing very well.

Answer 2

First thing I'd do is make sure it went to the right person in the company. Most e-mail programs enable you to see when a message is received, so you can check that to make sure the person you sent it to is actually there, and not on holidays.
It sounds retrograde, but sending a business proposal by mail is usually more effective. Letters demand more attention, can't be deleted with the click of a button, and call for a response, even if it's a 'no thank you'.
However, if you are going to continue to do this by e-mail, confirm that the person you are addressing your e-mail to is the one who accepts business proposals, check that they are in the office, and send it again. If you still don't get a response, you can consider that a negative return, and they aren't interested.

Answer 3

I have to say, I usually do not read an e-mail business proposal unless I have met the person already before and know who he/she might be. Have you met this company before?

If so, then I would suggest you to send your proposal via post, preferrably on 1st class or even better registered mail. This is because it is so much more professional when everything is laid out and presented as it should be. The potential employer then can go straight onto reading the plan insteading of spending silly time shuffling papers around.

Good luck. I hope this help.

Answer 4

I deleted it immediately, I thought it was a 419 scam. (edited from 417 which is the wrong number, LOL)

As I messed up I thought I'd better answer more seriously.

I get mailshots, e-mails, faxes and assorted "business proposals" on a daily basis, very few, if any, are worth the time it takes for me to throw in the round file. Without knowing who you are, what you sent and who you sent it too I can only guess....but

If you are Joe Anonymous mailing to Marks & Spencer then you are hardly likely to get a response; If you are expecting somebody else to invest in your idea you'd need a pretty strong business plan to make anybody take notice. You get the idea...

If you idea is good, then run with it yourself. If it's too good somebody else will run with the idea without you.

Maybe better doing it the other way round, phone up and see if they would like you to submit some proposals...

Answer 5

Dear Friend,
It could be either (a) Not interested. or (b) Send a follow-up email to find out if there are any questions that you can answer in regards to this proposal.
"Remember you don't want to be a pest, but you also don't want to come across as being desperate. Good Luck.

Answer 6

I would say Letter B# Be persistent and send a follow up email or phone call till you get any response, You still have a chance since you did not get any response.

Answer 7

I would call to see whether they received your email and ask if they're still interested or not. I'd rather get the answers now than waste any more time.

Answer 8

C. E-mail is not a sure-fire tool. It could have been sent to their junk or bulk folder by mistake. They could have accidentally deleted it. So, I would call and ask whether they had received it. You should be able to tell by that conversation as to whether they are interested or not.

Answer 9

depends on the proposal. if i know you and i don't respond then you shold phone for an update.

if you don't know me or are trying to scam money from me then i've probably already decided your or your proposal are not worth my time. If your proposal appealed i'd follow through.

Answer 10

I'd try either b or c, depending on who it was, how well you know them and how bad you want them to respond. But if they don't respond for a second time, let them be, to push further would be spammy.