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{{a|tech|{{image|Marketing triage|png|}}|}}In which the JC ventures into the unusual case of dispensing marketing advice to [[legaltechbro]]s. This comes not from a place of wishing legaltechbros well, but rather wishing his inbox were clear of their jokey spam mailshots. Evidently attending [[legaltech start-up conference]]s means one is prone to such marketing blitzes, because you get scanned wherever you go, even if it is on a furtive free swag and branded pen-nicking excursion with your South African attorney.
{{a|tech|{{image|Marketing triage|png|}}|}}In which the JC sallies forth in the unusual cause of offering unsolicited marketing advice to [[legaltechbro]]s.  


In any case, paying for a stall at a [[legaltech start-up conference]] with the sole intention of gathering email addresses just so you can spam them, it seems to us, is a bad strategy.
This comes not from a place of wishing [[legaltechbros]] well, but rather wishing his inbox were clear of their jokey spam. What is with the emoticons? 🦾🚀🖖


What you should do is manually review the contacts you have gathered and group them into three buckets:  
Evidently simply attending [[legaltech start-up conference]]s makes one prone to being eye-scanned wherever you go. You even get clipped when on a furtive, inebriated, free swag and branded pen-raid with an inflatable horse and your {{plainlink|https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-de-stadler|South African attorney}}. True story.
(i) Yes: those who are likely to be interested in your product;  
 
(ii) No: those are not, and  
In any case, shelling out for a stall at a [[legaltech start-up conference]] just to harvesting email addresses and spam them is, it seems to us,  bad business. People have made the effort — minimal though it maybe, and with the aim of nicking your swag as it undoubtedly is — of showing up bodily at your stall and submitting to your QR scanners. The least you can do is make an effort when you go back to them.
(iii) Maybe: Those about whom who you are not sure.
 
Then
So here is our advice. 
(i) Call the Yesses: Call those who are: you know, in person, on the telephone: put in some effort: show a commitment signal. See if you can arrange a demo or something. Sending out form emails with “click here to meet with us” or “click on this button to see our demo” is lazy. It shows a lack of interest in the customer. Why should the customer make all the moves, off your lazy spam?
 
(ii) Ditch the Nos: Delete the email addresses of all the Nos. Do it now. They are no use to you: irritating their personnel with jokey spam will not win you business, and may impede your business should those personnel move somewhere that might be interested in the future.
1. Manually review your gathered prospects. Bucket them as follows:  
(iii) Email the Maybes: Email, individually, those about whom you are not sure, asking them whether they have a business case for your product. They will tell you.  
:'''Yes''': Those who seemed interested in your product, and not just out for swag;
Then deal with replies from the Maybes:
:'''No''': Those who looked disinterested, avoided eye contact, smiled wanly and if approached, left quickly with armfuls of squeezy cubes, biros, bran muffins and flashing disco balls; and
(i) Yesses: see (i) of the previous step.  
:'''Maybe''': Those about whom who you are not sure: they ''seemed'' interested, but shrugged their shoulders a lot and still took a lot of free stuff.
(ii) Noes: see (ii) of the previous step.
2. Next: 
(iii) No reply: Is a No. See (ii) of previous step.
:'''Call the Yesses''': Call those who are: you know, in person, on the telephone: put in some effort: show a commitment signal. See if you can arrange a demo or something. Sending out form emails with “click here to meet with us” or “click on this button to see our demo” is lazy. It shows a lack of interest in the customer. Why should the customer make all the moves, off your lazy spam?
:'''Ditch the Nos''': Delete the email addresses of all the Nos. Do it now. They have your branded biros and some jelly beans. They are happy. Beyond that, these people are no use to you: irritating them with jokey spam will not win you business, and may impede it, should those people move somewhere that might be interested in the future.  
:'''Email the Maybes''': Email, ''individually'', those about whom you are not sure, asking them whether there might be a business case for your product. They will tell you.  
3. Then, deal with replies from the Maybes:
:'''Yesses''': see “Call the Yesses” in the previous step.  
:'''Noes''': see “Ditch the Nos” in the previous step.
:'''No reply''': Is a No. See “Ditch the Nos” in the previous step.
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*[[Legaltech start-up conference]]
*[[Legaltechbro]]
*[[Legaltech]]

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In which the JC sallies forth in the unusual cause of offering unsolicited marketing advice to legaltechbros.

This comes not from a place of wishing legaltechbros well, but rather wishing his inbox were clear of their jokey spam. What is with the emoticons? 🦾🚀🖖

Evidently simply attending legaltech start-up conferences makes one prone to being eye-scanned wherever you go. You even get clipped when on a furtive, inebriated, free swag and branded pen-raid with an inflatable horse and your South African attorney. True story.

In any case, shelling out for a stall at a legaltech start-up conference just to harvesting email addresses and spam them is, it seems to us, bad business. People have made the effort — minimal though it maybe, and with the aim of nicking your swag as it undoubtedly is — of showing up bodily at your stall and submitting to your QR scanners. The least you can do is make an effort when you go back to them.

So here is our advice.

1. Manually review your gathered prospects. Bucket them as follows:

Yes: Those who seemed interested in your product, and not just out for swag;
No: Those who looked disinterested, avoided eye contact, smiled wanly and if approached, left quickly with armfuls of squeezy cubes, biros, bran muffins and flashing disco balls; and
Maybe: Those about whom who you are not sure: they seemed interested, but shrugged their shoulders a lot and still took a lot of free stuff.

2. Next:

Call the Yesses: Call those who are: you know, in person, on the telephone: put in some effort: show a commitment signal. See if you can arrange a demo or something. Sending out form emails with “click here to meet with us” or “click on this button to see our demo” is lazy. It shows a lack of interest in the customer. Why should the customer make all the moves, off your lazy spam?
Ditch the Nos: Delete the email addresses of all the Nos. Do it now. They have your branded biros and some jelly beans. They are happy. Beyond that, these people are no use to you: irritating them with jokey spam will not win you business, and may impede it, should those people move somewhere that might be interested in the future.
Email the Maybes: Email, individually, those about whom you are not sure, asking them whether there might be a business case for your product. They will tell you.

3. Then, deal with replies from the Maybes:

Yesses: see “Call the Yesses” in the previous step.
Noes: see “Ditch the Nos” in the previous step.
No reply: Is a No. See “Ditch the Nos” in the previous step.

See also

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