June 25, 2004

Update on my referral lead

I called the lead I got from the telemarketer today. Although it doesn’t appear I’m going to be able to sell them anything, it looks like I’ll get some billable hours of out it. Who knows, another happy client is another source for referrals.

The person is using something called Elliott Software. I have never heard of it, but from a little digging on the web, it appears to be using Pervasive as the database. That’s a little good news. I am familiar with Pervasive and I have warned the prospect of my strengths and shortcomings in relation to her needs.

I’m mentally patting myself on the back. I took a telemarketing call that we meant to sell something to ME and turned it around to generate business for me. It seems my contact with this company could be a good source of referrals. The trick for me will be to find referrals for him.

Posted by Ted at June 25, 2004 10:21 PM