 So today I'm going to talk about following up with prospective clients and How it can be bad. I've already mentioned before that you should follow up with prospective prospective clients Or with your current clients as well and that you should be quick about it You shouldn't delay and it's one of the main things I see especially when people are starting out They get nervous. They they they're nervous about sending the email out and or the response out or anything like that And they're like, well, I look over it again later to make sure it's perfect and stuff like that And many times people lose business because in the meantime someone else is swooping in and taking their business So you should follow up and you should follow up in a timely manner i.e. quickly however, I'm gonna talk about when you should not be following up and When it can be bad to follow up with a company anyway, yeah, let me get into it so the the issue is when say a company contacts you says oh, we're interested in this and that and Can you give me your qualifications or they ask you some information about you you follow up and and you send it to them And then you don't hear from them you get radio silence. So maybe you follow up a day or two later Hey, just want to see what was new there, but oh, yeah We're looking over at something like that and then you don't hear from them again Then you say hey, so is anything happening? I'm trying to you know schedule my my thing here and then you know And maybe there they'll be like oh, we're just waiting or something something like that what we're gonna see So I mean you kind of get the picture if you have to keep following up Sometimes they can get annoying but many times they just need more time and then they'll get back to you but What I have found is that the more you need to follow up with a client the worse of a client. They'll be Let me explain that a bit So let's say you're in this situation and you've sent your credentials and then you don't hear from them two days later You say oh just wanted to check what was going there like oh, yeah We'll make a decision by tomorrow and you're fine and then make a decision by tomorrow and then it's okay But say they don't and you still don't hear from them You're like okay, so then two days later whenever it is you shoot them another email and they say oh, yeah We'll make you know or we're almost about to make our decision You know it'll be next week and then next week and then something like that then finally three weeks later They make their decision fine. You think okay. Well, whatever. I waited out and it'll be fine these clients However, usually the reason why they keep postponing that is let's face it. They don't have their act together There's some place that maybe the person you talk to is great and very organized But their boss or their boss's boss or maybe their client and client or anyway somewhere along that chain of commander, you know supply is is Causing the delay, you know someone doesn't have their act together and that's gonna reflect later in the work you do Someone else can come up with the the precise formula, but I can guarantee you There's there's some ratio there like there's a negative correlation between How often you have to follow up with them and for how many days and then and how good of a client They are gonna be later on I don't know how to quantify how good a client can be but still there is gonna be some negative correlation there and So just be wary of it and at a certain point now Everyone obviously for first starting out then any job is better than nothing but at a certain point you'll start to get into your comfort zone, let's say and You'll realize like for me if I have to follow up for more than a week with a perspective client then I kind of let it go and Because I can't spend all my time following up first of all second. Oh, I just know even once things start they're not gonna have their act together and You know, I'm not going to push that because then once they start they'll be like, okay Here's the information and two days later and this has happened, you know two days later. Oh, no No, we gave you the wrong information. I hope you didn't start yet. You're like really, you know I'm like halfway through obviously you can't prove it though at that point So what are you gonna do or else they'll you know, they'll send you stuff and then later get mad because you Translated this half and not then you're like you told me to translate that half and not this half or something like that Something's gonna go weird or arry or kind of messed up and if you're lucky, they won't blame you but it'll still mean more work for you but Chances are there they'll try to blame you at least because you know, you're down that chain of command, right? If their boss's boss got mad at their boss's boss or their boss and then their boss got mad at them and then they'll get mad at you and anyway, it can all just be a headache and I think one of the first red flags is to well is the fact that you have to follow up so many times and That can always be an issue. I think I've already mentioned a couple red flags one by the way is a rush job I found this not all the time but very often a rush job can mean a red flag means someone doesn't have their their act together right because let's face it that that PowerPoint spreadsheet whatever thing that needed to be translated didn't just pop up yesterday and They probably could have had some foresight and figured out that it needed to be translated ahead of time But someone there didn't have their act together and didn't figure it out. There are exceptions Okay, there are emergencies that happen and things, you know So translations need to be done But by and large usually whenever there's a rush job somewhere down the line doesn't have their act together Trust me and the same goes for when you have to follow up with someone very often You know if you have to keep following up and if they're not getting back in touch with you stuff like that That should automatically set up some red flags Obviously, it's your judgment call You can decide if you want to stick with them and see how it goes or not But at least just so you know chances are somewhere Someone that you're dealing with or who's dealing with that person or someone someone doesn't have their act together. So Just know that, you know, just keep that in mind when you're dealing with it So not I just wanted to share this and share this little tidbit that at least I found for my experience And so hopefully you can find it useful in yours and it helps you out Please let me know if you disagree though, you know, maybe maybe you haven't found that to be the case at all Feel free to let me know. I'm happy to hear about it and to discuss it a bit. Otherwise Yeah, that's pretty much it and I will see you in the next video. Don't forget to click like if you do Wherever the like button is, I don't know if they do marry image here And don't forget to subscribe if you haven't and I will see you on the next video. Thanks. Bye