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by mikestew 3867 days ago
I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam.

Other than that, the article was okay. Good point about getting on the phone. Email is easy, but it also makes easy to say "no", or just delete it and say nothing.

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Emails and everything sent to customers were always proofread by a native english speaker. I wrote this on my spare time but lesson learned for next time.
Here's a little bit of constructive advice. There are several places where you've made a "comma splice" error. That is, a comma (,) was used when a period (.) or semicolon (;) should have been used (or alternatively, a conjunction could be used). Example:

> We’ve interviewed a bunch, during one of the interviews after the candidate was done presenting, he looked at me, I looked at him, he did OK …

This should be instead:

> We’ve interviewed a bunch. During one of the interviews after the candidate was done presenting, he looked at me, and I looked at him. He did OK …

Note that punctuation applies to other languages as well.
Sure, the grammar needs a little work but this sentence is the only glaring issue...

> He then asked this question “How is a typical call with a prospect looks like?”

Should be "How does a typical call with a prospect look?"

Also - great article! I've worked in sales and emails never worked, especially in this day and age of constant spam. Email is great for an info blast, but you will not close with an email.

My 2 cents: Fix the major issues on this article sooner than later. It is a great little post and if all goes well it will have a long tail of visitors or will get picked up again for a nice exposure spike. I think that makes it worth your time. Of course that is just my opinion.
You should absolutely be taking ohfunkyeah's advice, as in today. This is a great piece with some good ideas and good learning being shared, but the poor quality of delivery severely hampers their usefulness.
I noticed a couple of grammar mistakes but nothing major. Thanks for the article! I appreciated the tips.