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13 Jun, 2008

Lesson of the day

Posted by: sharjeel In: Uncategorized

Lesson of the day: Get your site up before you make a sales call

It not just a good idea but a must-have that your site should be up before you ask someone to open it ... especially when you are making a sales call to a potential customer :D

Me: XYZ TV Channel?
Rep: Yes
Me: [Describes  See n Report]
Rep: Ahan ... that seems quite interesting, whats the URL?
Me: www.seenreport.com
Rep: Ok, lemme open it.
(Adil Shouting in the background: "Oye! Site is not working, apache giving rights access problems!")
Rep: Site seems down
Me (Shamelessly): Yeah, my engineer just told me it is down. I'll get back to you in a few minutes

1 Response to "Lesson of the day"

1 | Muneeb

June 13th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

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hehe….it’s even more funnier that you just mocked a shop for a similar reason in your previous post :D

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